AS KHOSROV HAROUTIUNIAN PREDICTED, IDEA OF OPPOSITION’S COMMON CANDIDATE WILL NOT BE CROWNED WITH SUCCESS
Noyan Tapan
Jul 31, 2007
YEREVAN, JULY 31, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian opposition field is mixed,
from socialists to right liberals, and under such conditions searching
for a common candidate for presidency is an artificial process. Khosrov
Haroutiunian, the Chairman of the Christian-Democratic Union of
Armenia, stated at the July 31 press conference. As he affirmed,
the opposition forces have no ground to unite except overthrowing
the current power by all means. "And the thesis, no matter who will
be, only not the current authorities, has exhausted itself long
ago," K. Haroutiunian said. He added that the goal of the most of
oppositionists is to come to power, and as by saying power they
imagine only the post of country’s President, which is only one,
so, they cannot let others have it. Therefore, as K. Haroutiunian
concluded, the idea of a common candidate is doomed to failure.
Touching upon the possible nomination of the candidature of the first
RA President Levon Ter-Petrosian for the 2008 presidential elections,
he said that the latter can be an alternative candidate, but not the
only alternative. According to K. Haroutiunian, L. Ter-Petrosian has
his contribution in the issue of building independent statehood,
irrespective of the fact how society treats this. However, in the
words of the leader of the Christian-Democratic Union, society rejects
the first President’s political environment, which "did not justify
people’s hopes and discredited L. Ter-Petrosian."