IN CASE OF MAKING MAJORITY IN FUTURE PARLIAMENT OPPOSITION WILL UNDERTAKE PROCESS OF PRESIDENT’S IMPEACHMENT, PPA SECRETARY DECLARES
Noyan Tapan
Mar 07 2007
YEREVAN, MARCH 7, NOYAN TAPAN. The issue of nominating the candidature
of PPA Chairman Stepan Demirchian for the forthcoming parliamentary
elections as opposition’s common candidate has not been discussed
during the negotiations among opposition forces. Grigor Haroutiunian,
member of PPA Political Board, Secretary of Ardarutiun (Justice)
parliamentary faction, declared at the March 7 press conference. In
his words, S. Demirchian mentioned the necessity to nominate a common
candidate for presidency in case of making alliance, but there has been
no discussion connected with any concrete person. In G. Haroutiunian’s
words, under conditions of amended Constitution presidential elections
are derivative to parliamentary elections and nomination of several
candidates for presidency by opposition forces having made alliance
would be ridiculous. He said that they accuse PPA of reaching an
agreement with the authorities and hampering unification of opposition
forces. While, in G. Haroutiunian’s words, PPA wished to preserve
and even to extend the Ardarutiun bloc and the principles being its
basis. Commenting upon PPA’s requirement of making 50% in the united
proportional list, G. Haroutiunian said that it was fair as in these
years PPA has worked and has strengthened its territorial structures
and the rest of the parties did not do this. They also blame PPA for
not joining the Impeachment bloc, while, in G. Haroutiunian’s words,
the very PPA gave consent to join that bloc provided that another
opposition forces also join the bloc. In spite of fact that the
opposition did not form a united format, it will continue cooperating
for the purpose of holding free and fair elections, G. Haroutiunian
declared. He gave assurance that the opposition will cooperate at
the future parliament, too. G. Haroutiunian declared that in case
of making majority in the future parliament the opposition will
undertake the process of impeachment of President without fail,
as the Ardarutiun faction did this after the 2003 parliamentary
elections. The Ardarutiun faction Secretary declared that PPA takes
part in the parliamentary elections not for the purpose of just taking
part but for "winning." As regards pro-governmental parties, it will
not be so easy for them to receive sufficient number of votes. G.
Haroutiunian said that according to results of surveys, only 10%
country’s population trusts these forces.