"BARGAVACH HAYASTAN" TO CLARIFY ATTITUDES
Harutyun Gevorgyan
Hayots Ashkharh Daily – Armenia
20 June 07
Interview with the secretary of "Bargavach Hayastan" parliamentary
faction Aram Safaryan
"Today the second sitting of "Bargavach Hayastan" parliamentary
faction came to an end. What issues did you discuss?"
"At the moment we are trying to settle issues of organizational
and technical character, which we are going to spell out and
coordinate with our representatives in parliamentary committees
and delegations. One or two private issues were left that has been
regulated during today’s sitting.
>From the next week the constructive stage of BHP (Bargavach Hayastan
Party) parliamentary faction will start and we will be fully involved
in legislative activity.
"Bargavach Hayastan" has also taken the leadership of the two standing
committees in the Parliament – the Standing Committee on Matters of
Integration to European Structures and Standing Committee on Human
Rights. Both committees are newly established and of great importance.
The majority of the bills under discussion in the National Assembly
are going to be examined in those committees.
The chairmen of those two committees are highly qualified
professionals.
Avet Adonts has the diplomatic rank of an Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary and great experience. Arevik Petrosyan is a PhD in law,
professor in Yerevan State University and has held high positions in
state government structures."
"Mr. Safaryan "Bargavach Hayastan" party is one of the country’s
numerous political powers. Didn’t you find it necessary to clarify the
non-proportionality in the number of votes both during the pre-election
period and after recording the elections returns."
"Of course there are some internal problems. Re-registration issue
has appeared. As you have noticed there was a difference between the
number of party-members before and after the elections. Of course
we must clarify all these issues and the party must be purified. The
re-registration process will start during the coming two months.
The leadership of the party even intends to hold extraordinary
conference, congress or an extensive sitting of the political
council. The discussions are still on, to find a suitable
solution. Anyway it is a very delicate issue.
I should confess we are well conscious of the fact that there are
a substantial number of voters that honestly pin their hopes on
Gagik Tsarukyan and his party "Bargavach Hayastan". In this stage of
political developments our goal is to keep and strengthen the faith
of these people. That is why during the extraordinary sitting we are
planning to elaborate a project of primary actions.
"Bargavach Hayastan" is planning to manifest activeness in social
and cultural spheres, in philanthropy and other spheres of social
significance. This will be our one-year guideline.
At present, most of the members of our pre-election headquarters
work in executive and legislative bodies. Today it is indispensable
to re-establish the party’s executive body – the central office. One
of the professional members of political council, Samvel Adamyan has
been appointed as Chief of BHP central office and he will coordinate
the work of the party’s provincial structures.
All the provincial offices are going to be re-established. G. Tsarukyan
has mentioned many times that the work of our seven MPs having been
elected by majority electoral system is going to be in the center of
attention. They will be unconditionally involved in party activities.’
"In five days the government is going to introduce its action plan
to the discussion of the National Assembly. Have you already made up
your mind?"
"A week ago, during the first and the extensive sitting of the faction,
our three ministers represented the proposals that they have submitted
to the discussion of the executive. The proposals met with the
participants’ approval. Another sitting is planned to be hold at the
end of the current week, where the attitudes of "Bargavach Hayastan"
party towards the government action plan will be clarified and sent
to the government.
By the time the government submits its action plan to the discussion
of the National Assembly; we will definitely be ready to express
our attitude.