ARMENIAN OPPOSITION LEADER WARNS COUNTERPART TO ACCEPT DEFECTIONS

Arminfo
1 Jun 07

Yerevan, 1 June: New Times party leader Aram Karapetyan sympathizes
with People’s Party of Armenia [PPA] leader Stepan Demirchyan over
the intention of Demirchyan’s two deputies to leave the party.

Karapetyan told Arminfo that he sympathized with Demirchyan but a p
olitician, and especially a party leader, should always be prepared
to the fact that some of his friends may betray and leave him in
hardships. "What can you do, it is their choice. Similar things happen
in politics," Karapetyan said.

It was reported earlier that PPA board secretary Vardan Lazarian has
announced he was going to leave the party. Another board secretary,
Stepan Zakaryan, has said he too may leave the party.