ILLOGICAL GAMES

KarabakhOpen
19-04-2007 13:09:50

The pre-election period in Karabakh is interesting, somewhat
controversial and illogical. The parliament forces are still
negotiating over the principles of agreement on naming a single
candidate, all the parties believe that the negotiations are not over
and there is no final decision yet.

At the same time, the Azat Hayrenik Party, which has the second
faction in the parliament by the number of its members, announced some
days ago that they had decided to support Bako Sahakyan. It allows
concluding that the Azat Hayrenik Party has made a decision and does
not need negotiations, because they say nothing can influence their
decision. Moreover, the initiative group to name Bako Sahakyan is
already being formed.

The logical question that occurs is what the point of negotiations
on a single candidate is.

Arthur Mosiyan, the representative of the Central Committee of the ARF
Dashnaktsutyun Artsakh, stated on April 18 that Dashnaktsutyun has not
made a final decision because the negotiations among the parties over
the main principles are not over. It is also illogical that the Azat
Hayrenik Party, which has already endorsed Bako Sahakyan (of course,
if the latter is named), is also one of the negotiating forces. If it
is so, ostensibly the political forces are most probably negotiating
over the likely candidate Bako Sahakyan.

If it is so, it is possible that another candidate is also under
consideration, who logically will not be supported by the Azat Hayrenik
Party. And if there is no other candidate, the other three forces will
have to support the candidate preferred by the Azat Hayrenik Party. It
appears that this party sets the rules of the game in Karabakh.

We only need to understand what these illogical games are for and
who wants to avoid remorse through agreement on the principles.