"OUR GOAL IS TO BECOME A DOMINATING POLITICAL FORCE," MEMBER OF RPA BOARD SAYS

Noyan Tapan
May 08 2007

YEREVAN, MAY 8, NOYAN TAPAN. RPA Board member Artak Zakarian has
found the way of winning the parliamentary elections: in his words,
this is implementation of active agitation. At the May 8 meeting with
journalists A. Zakarian expressed confidence that the Republican
Party of Armenia has a great opportunity to make majority in the
parliament. As RPA Board member estimated, the turnout of May 12
parliamentary elections will be 50-55%.

In A. Zakarian’s words, another 10 NGOs and compatriotic unions have
joined 72 ones supporting RPA. Artak Zakarian answered the assertion
that in the preelection period NGOs support the parties, supporting
which will be more beneficial for them in the future, saying: "There
cannot be mutually beneficial preconditions between parties and NGOs,
as in difference to parties, NGOs do not strive for power and our
goal is to come up as a dominating political force."