WHAT WILL THE FIRST PRESIDENT BE DOING?

Lragir.am
22-08-2007 15:07:06

"It does not occur to anyone what they will be doing if they
are elected," said Shavarsh Kocharyan, the leader of the National
Democratic Party, who met with reporters on August 22 at the Friday
Club. He spoke about the developments related to the presidential
election of 2008, namely the expediency of nomination of Levon
Ter-Petrosyan. "Why does he return? What is his program? One thing
is evident to all of us. We remember from his speeches and moves that
he will return Karabakh. What else will he be doing? Nobody asks this
question," Shavarsh Kocharyan says.

He is sensitive about the argument the proponents of Ter-Petrosyan’s
return offer. "They say if he comes, the government will divide,
and part of the government will support him and thereby opportunities
will rise.

What does it mean? It means that part of the opposition completely
ignores people and relies on a suggested divide in the government
which would enable them to put up their representative," Shavarsh
Kocharyan says.

Meanwhile, he says the problem is that presently the government
of Robert Kocharyan and Serge Sargsyan serves best the clans,
the oligarchs who hold real power and underlie the government of
Kocharyan and Sargsyan. Shavarsh Kocharyan thinks the arguments for
Ter-Petrosyan’s return imply that Ter-Petrosyan will serve the clans
better. The leader of the National Democratic Party is convinced
that this is a message of the apologists of the return of the first
president to the clans.