Democratic Party is government, not a pro-government force

16-04-2007 11:40:52 – KarabakhOpen

`I would say the political sphere in Karabakh is in the stage of
formation. Although we have the ARF Dashnaktsutyun, which has
experience of over a hundred years and has achieved a lot in terms of
organization. The Democratic Party of Artsakh also had considerable
success in the parliamentary election, and can take pride in tangible
results. We are trying our best to make the party’ s activities
independent from personalities, for the party to develop as a force
and as a political unit,’ said Arayik Harutiunyan, the leader of the
Azat Hayrenik Party, commenting for the KarabakhOpen on the
pre-election arrangement of forces.

`After the parliamentary election the Democratic Party did not make a
statement but separate members of the party noted in their statements
that the party is responsible for the activities of the government. It
means the Democratic Party is government, not a pro-government force.

Dashnaktsutyun and Movement 88 positioned as opposition. We stated
that we will conduct a constructive policy and support the policy of
the government. Although we have to admit that we have not managed to
do a lot,’ said Arayik Harutiunyan.

The party is not likely to overestimate or underestimate the other
political forces ` each of them has its sphere of influence. `It is
obvious, however, that a party has influence if it is a parliament
force. The parties outside the parliament can hardly influence the
political process. Especially that the civil society in the country is
not fully established yet,’ said the member of parliament.