ARSHAK SADOYAN: NEW MPs WILL NOT HAVE POSSIBILITY OF EVEN SPEAKING, AS ALL ISSUES ARE SOLVED IN RPA "KITCHEN"

Noyan Tapan
Jun 06 2007

YEREVAN, JUNE 6, NOYAN TAPAN. The changes made in the staff
of the current parliament cannot be named a political change
of generations. Deputy of National Assemblies of all previous
convocations, Chairman of Union of National Democrats Party Arshak
Sadoyan and political scientist Aghasi Yenokian expressed such opinion
at the June 6 meeting with journalists.

In A. Yenokian’s words, for the purpose of self-reproduction
the authorities once more falsified the elections. As a result,
opposition’s staff in the parliament changed, Bargavach Hayastan
artificially created by the President appeared and the main actors
from power camp remained in the parliament as before.

According to A. Yenokian’s observation, a great number of deputies
have appeared in the parliament and persons having been deputies
for a long time have been left out of the parliament. In particular,
for the first time no member of Karabakh committee is included in the
parliament. In political scientist’s opinion, under Robert Kocharian
no elections have been ever held in the parliament and the parliament
has been formed according to Soviet traditions, by proportions from
above. According to this, less political figures and more oligarches
or representatives of crime have appeared in the current parliament
as compared with the previous one. As A. Yenokian affirmed, in spite
of the amended Constitution, the new parliament cannot introduce
freshness to political life.

In A. Sadoyan’s words, this parliament is much worse than the previous
one, as today all issues are decided not at NA, but in the kitchen
of RPA. Under these conditions the parliament’s role has abruptly
reduced and the new deputies even will not have a possibility of
speaking. In Sadoyan’s words, the opposition has its share of guilt
in it, as after the boycott of 2004 the power forces understood that
they can do without the opposition.

For the purpose of solving the problem of change of generations in the
political sphere A. Sadoyan is going to create a school of exchange of
political experience and he invites to take part in it representatives
of youth wings irrespective of their party belonging. He called the
youth for taking the chance for being involved in active politics
saying that politics is not only an interesting, but also a profitable
business. Sadoyan himself, in his words, will continue his political
activity he started as early as in the 70-s of the previous century.