PERSON, DEMAND FOR WHOM IS FELT IN SOCIETY, CAN BE COMMON CANDIDATE, DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIRMAN IS CONVINCED
Noyan Tapan
Jul 19 2007
YEREVAN, JULY 19, NOYAN TAPAN. Aram Sargsian, the Chairman of the
Democratic Party, at the July 19 press conference, said that a person,
demand for whom is felt in society, can be the common candidate for
the presidential elections. In his opinion, those who have declared
that they can be the common candidate, have hurried.
In his words, in case of nominating a common candidate the opposition
should have a common program. A. Sargsian said that first of
all the opposition should decide how to neutralize the system of
falsifications used during the elections. "We all realize very well
that the violations committed during the parliamentary elections were
veiled thanks to that system, and unless we are able to neutralize
this system, we need not hope that the presidential elections will
proceed normally."
In A. Sargsian’s words, amalgamation of political forces is needed on
the threshold of the elections: "The most important is that parties
close to one another by ideology unite: Answering the question of
whether the opposition political forces will be able to put aside the
disagreements and to unite around a common candidate, the Democratic
Party leader said: "I do not think that many people will be able
to put aside their ambitions, on the other hand, we do not see the
person yet, who can be the common candidate."
Meanwhile he considered that such a candidate may emerge "under
conditions of some geographic developments and new problems."
In A. Sargsian’s opinion, complicated fermentations are also proceeding
in the power wing, which we cannot evaluate unequivocally. For
instance, in his words, it is interesting how it happened that Foreign
Minister Vardan Oskanian appeared at the Black Sea Economic Cooperation
Parliamentary Conference, in which only Presidents took part.