AGHASI ARSHAKIAN WANTS TO "RE-ORIENTATE" HIS FORMER FRIENDS FROM "NATIONAL UNITY" PARTY

Noyan Tapan
Apr 30 2007

YEREVAN, APRIL 30, NOYAN TAPAN. National Assembly deputy Aghasi
Arshakian left the "National Unity" Party (NUP) through no fault
of his own. In his words, he was absent from the political field
only for a few hours because after this Chairman of the "Democratic
Path" party (DPP) Manuk Gasparian put him in 3rd place of the DPP
proportional list.

In response to a reporter’s question about why his transfer from NUP
to DPP was "so flexible", A. Arshakian said that these two political
forces have some ideological similarities. He added that he is
not a member of DPP but is only included as non-partisan in the
party’s proportional list. In his opinion, he now has the right to
"re-orientate" his former friends from NUP to DPP.

The deputy added that the decision to put him on 21st place of NUP’s
list discredits those who made this decision rather than himself.

To recap, A. Arshakian was on 21st place of the National Unity Party’s
list before being put on third place of the proportional list of DPP.