DONKEYS RATHER THAN HORSES ARE CHANGED IN MIDSTREAM, DEPUTY CHAIRMAN
OF "ALLIANCE" POLITICAL INITIATIVE SAYS

YEREVAN, APRIL 14, NOYAN TAPAN. The purpose of the newly established
"Alliance" political initiative that unites about 40 NGOs is to
promote civil society and democratization in Armenia. Chairman of the
initiative Arman Vardanian stated this at the April 13 press
conference. In his words, "Alliance" is ready to cooperate with all
forces determined to pursue the same goals.

Reminding the saying "Horses are not changed in midstream", the
initiative’s deputy chairman expressed the opinion: "Horses are
certainly not changed in midstream but donkeys are."

A. Vardanian said that the next steps of the initiative will be the
implementation of observer mission during the May 12 parliamentary
elections and "following the conduct of other observers." In his
opinion, only a union of multipole structures like "Alliance" can
implement an objective observer mission. By the way, "Alliance" has
not yet been accredited by the RA Central Electoral Commission but
A. Vardanian is convinced that there is no reason for not registering
it.

He noted that they will take measures so that the Armenian
Genocide-related posters bearing names of some parties or famous
political figures will not be used on April 24 by political forces for
pre-electoral propaganda purposes.