Panorama.am

15:39 02/06/2007

GAME OVER: SERZH SARGSYAN WILL BE THE PRESIDENT,
POLITICAL SCIENTIST SAYS

`After long discussions, the Armenian Republican Party
(HHK) and Armenian Revolutionary Federation
(Dashnaksutiun) decided that Dashnaksutiun will not be
part of the coalition but will have the role of a
cooperator,’ Hmaiak Hovanisyan, political scientists,
said speaking about the negotiations between the two
political forces. In the forecasts of Hovanisyan,
Dashnaksutiun will take hold of its authority powers
to get ready for the presidential elections but will
act as an opposition during budget discussions because
it has made a promise to set 50,000 Armenian drams as
the minimum consumer basket and raise the old age
pensions up to 50,000 Armenian drams. Hovanisyan does
not exclude that Dashanaksutiun will bang the door
during budget discussions and get ready for elections
with its own candidate.

Asked if everything is predetermined for the
presidential elections, Hovanisyan said, `The game is
over. Serzh Sargsyan will become the president in 2008
because after the constitutional changes the
presidential elections were deprived of content.
Everything is decided during the parliamentary
elections.’

Source: Panorama.am