IS THE "RACE" INEVITABLE?

A1+
[02:49 pm] 01 June, 2007

Will the ARF Dashnaktsutyun members prefer minister portfolios to
party tickets after the negotiations with the Republican Party?

"No matter what decision is made, I shall stay with the party. I
have been an ARF Dashnaktsutyun member since 1991," Levon Lazarian,
the Minister of Science and Education, told A1+.

To the question whether the ARFD members will quit the party in case
the party turns from a pro-governmental force into an oppositional
one, the minister answered, "I rule out any race inside the party. We
have tasted hard times. Our proponents will always remain loyal to
the party. The negotiation is ongoing. The party will make a decision
by June 4."

To remind the National Assembly convenes its first session on June 7.