SMBAT YEGHIAZARIAN WAS EXPELLED FROM PPA DUE TO PROBLEMS CONNECTED WITH ELECTORAL ROLLS
Noyan Tapan
Mar 07 2007
YEREVAN, MARCH 7, NOYAN TAPAN. The real reason of discontent of
Smbat Yeghiazarian, head of PPA Abovian territorial organization, was
connected with the party’s proportional list. Grigor Haroutiunian, PPA
Political Board member, taking the third place in PPA’s proportional
list declared this at the March 7 press conference. In his words,
it was planned to include S. Yeghiazarian in the list under number
eight, while the latter wished to be in the first five.
In his words, the accusations brought by S. Yeghiazarian stand no
criticism.
(To recap, lately the latter had accused S. Demirchian of cooperating
with the authorities). G. Haroutiunian declared that PPA "has not
deviated and will never deviate from the course of its founder Karen
Demirchian." He stated that the persons who had formerly left the
party (Armen Khachatrian, Gagik Aslanian and others) had brought
the same accusation. In G. Haroutiunian’s words, S. Yeghiazarian
could have expressed his discontent at the party’s congress or at the
Board sitting, which he did not do. Moreover, declaring that he will
introduce facts confirming the accusation addressed to PPA he has not
published them so far. "We do not accept issues connected with the
electoral roll and the party has to expel its member for slander,"
G. Haroutiunian declared mentioning that S. Yeghiazarian was expelled
from the party by the decision of the Party Political Board.