ALLIANCE OF AVK AND HRAK IS STILL UNSETTLED

A1+
[04:38 pm] 03 September, 2007

The alliance of the Armenian Ramkavar Azatakan Party (HRAK), the
Alliance Party (DK) and the National Revival (AVK) is still under
question, Albert Bazeyan informed A1+. This is determined by some
conflicts inside the AVK.

"I have something common with Samvel Babayan. The alliance has been
turned down by my proponents for two years," said Albert Bazeyan.

I have announced many times that I am for the alliance of parties as
some parties, like ours, can hardly survive. I have talked to Samvel
Babayan on this score but the final word is after the party.

To note, Bazeyan reiterated AVK board member Simon Grigoryan’s
announcement that he/Bazeyan/ had resigned from the chairman’s post
in June. "The party is not my objective, it is only a means for me,"
he said.

Currently the party has no chairman. The party board and regional
organisations have demanded to convene a session to seal the party’s
fate. The discord is conditioned by the fact that the board members
demanded Bazeyan to become agile and enhance activity.

According to the press, Albert Bazeyan, Samvel Babayan and Harutyun
Arakelyan are negotiating to strengthen the HRAK through dissolution
of the DK and AVK, which implies Albert Bazeyan strives to strengthen
the HRAK through liquidation of the AVK. His proponents learned about
his intention from the press.

Albert Bazeyan told us that the information does not correspond to
the reality and is somewhat distorted.

Nevertheless, he didn’t exclude the possible alliance.

"After solving inner conflicts we shall see whether it is possible
or not."

To A1+’s question whether the AVK Chairman will support RA first
President Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s nomination, Albert Bazeyan gave a
negative answer. "We had some disagreement in 1997 in view of the
Karabakh conflict regulation. Today we stick to our stance."