CPA LEADER: GREAT OCTOBER REVOLUTION IS NOT OVER, EVERYTHING IS YET TO COME
Noyan Tapan
Aug 31, 2007
YEREVAN, AUGUST 31, NOYAN TAPAN. "The Communist Party of Armenia will
support no one but its candidate at the presidential elections. If we
do not nominate our candidate, we will explain the reason," the first
secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia (CPA) Ruben Tovmasian
said at the August 31 press conference.
He expressed his perplexity at recent meetings with the participation
of a number of political forces. "If such a serious issue as
presidential elections is discussed, it is improper for leaders to
meet without taking into account the opinion of ordinary people. We
have not received invitations and we have no desire to take part in
such "khash-khorovats" meetings," he noted.
R. Tovmasian denied the opinion that the CPA is in a state of
self-isolation. According to him, the party is in active contacts
with communist parties of the former Soviet republics. In his
words, if there are any attemps to isolate the CPA, they are made
by other political forces at the request of the authorities. "The
Communist Party has been and will remain a radical opposition. The
Great October revolution is not over, everything is yet to come,"
R. Tovmasian stated.