CREATING COALITION IS NOT BEST WAY TO SOLVE PROBLEMS FACED BY COUNTRY, REPRESENTATIVE OF ZHARANGUTIUN PARTY BELIEVES
Noyan Tapan
Jun 12 2007
YEREVAN, JUNE 12, NOYAN TAPAN. Today’s picture of the National Assembly
reflects public moods. RA MP Edvard Sharmazanov, a member of the
Republican Party of Armenia, expressed such an opinion at the June
13 dispute with RA MP Stepan Safarian, a member of the Zharangutiun
(Heritage) Party. In his words, as a result of the elections, among
the opposition, political forces who were for constructive cooperation
with the authorities were elected as deputies.
E. Sharmazanov expressed the hope that there will only be ideological
conflicts at the National Assembly. "The RPA is ready and will work
on the basis of a common ideological and program ground with all
political forces," he said.
In S. Safarian’s words, the authorities should also be ideologically
disposed towards all opposition initiatives and not abuse the
circumstance of having a majority at the National Assembly as this
was done in previous years. He also said that the current parliament
cannot reflect the moods of the whole society, as 25-30% votes were
dispersed as a result of the elections.
In S. Safarian’s words, creating a coalition is not the best way to
solve the problems faced by the country, as forming a government
means an equal division of responsibility amongst all political
forces represented at parliament. "The mechanism of accounts towards
the public and voters is not understandable under such a format
of coalition, therefore, some political forces will avoid concrete
responsibility for the processes in the country," said S. Safarian.