NDP MADE ALLIANCE WITH CIVIL SOCIETY, SHAVARSH KOCHARIAN SAYS
Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Mar 01 2007
YEREVAN, MARCH 1, NOYAN TAPAN. The National Democratic Party will
take part in the parliamentary elections "in alliance with civil
society." Shavarsh Kocharian, Chairman of National Democratic Party
(NDP), reported this at the March 1 press conference. He said that
in the party’s proportional list the person following him is Hranush
Kharatian, Chairwoman of National Center for Genealogical Studies NGO,
Head of Department for Affairs of Religion and National Minorities
under RA government, and the third person on the list is Taron
Arakelian, Head of Havatarmutiun (Loyalty) civil initiative. Another
seven members of initiative are also on the list. S. Kocharian also
stated that 27 out of 77 candidates included in NDP’s proportional list
are women. In S. Kocharian’s words, the more democratic the country
is, the larger is women’s presence in government sphere. And the
circumstance that the number of women is small in Armenian government
and parliament is the evidence that the country has serious problems
in connection with building democratic state. The issue of NDP’s
nomination by majoritarian system has not been determined yet. As S.
Kocharian stated, though he has always nominated his candidature by
majoritarian system, this time receiving maximum votes by proportional
system is primary for the party and it will concentrate all forces
for achieving this purpose.