11 PARTIES EXPRESS READINESS TO COOPERATE WITH PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS IN CASE OF BEING ELECTED

Noyan Tapan
May 08 2007

YEREVAN, MAY 8, NOYAN TAPAN. According to the memorandum worked out
by the "Protection of Consumers’ Rights," "Professionals in the Name
of Civil Society," "Small and Meddium-Sized Entrepreneurial Fund"
and "Fund for Mental Health" public organizations, the political
forces participating in the elections were proposed to consistently
cooperate with the civil society, public organizations in the case
of being represented at the NA. As Abgar Yeghoyan, the Protection of
Consumers’ Rights Chairman stated at the May 8 press conference, the
memorandum was worked out, taking into consideration the possibility
given by the elections to deepen the coming five-year cooperation
of the legislative body and civil society. It was mentioned that the
political forces joined the memorandum are also obliged, in the case
of finding out electoral violations, "to organize open discussions
to reveal those guilty, motives as well as to immediately liquidate
them by taking all the measures fixed by the law."

In A. Yeghoyan’s words, 11 from the 24 political forces participating
in the elections signed the memorandum. It was at the same time
mentioned that the Impeachment alliance and the Nor Zhamanakner (New
Times) party were seriously against singning the memorandum. And the
other 11 parties, including Bargavach Hayastan (Prosperous Armenia),
did not respond at all.