OPPOSITION WITHOUT COMMON INTEREST

Panorama.am
18:50 01/03/2007

"Any political union must have ideological cornerstone. In 2003, that
cornerstone were the desired structural changes for Justice Alliance,"
Shavarsh Kocharyan, National Democratic Party chairman, told reporters
today. In his words, Justice Alliance collapsed because "… when the
phase of democratic reforms started with constitutional changes, they
got afraid of the achievements that were available at that moment."

Kocharyan believes democratic reforms could be the ideological base
that could consolidate left and right wings, as well as forces that
have pro-Russian and pro-Western attitudes.

Speaking about the authorities, Kocharyan said, "The authorities are
united because they have common interest."