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Lragir.am
11 Sept 2007

Another politician resumed his meetings with reporters after the
summer holiday. On September 11 the Pastark press club hosted Aram
Gaspar Sargsyan, leader of the Democratic Party. The topic of the
meeting was not the 6th anniversary of 9/11 but was no less horrific –
what to do and how to do before the presidential election of 2008. The
opposition has been looking for answers to these questions for a long
time now, through meetings of the opposition leaders. The reporters
have dubbed these meetings differently, including the Metelitsa format.

"I should say it is early to refer to these meetings as a format
because they are just meetings. I find it difficult to say how
they will end up. As to the notion of common candidate, I cross it
out. The notion of the common candidate works when everyone shares the
same idea, and can implement a joint program together. In Armenia we
don’t have it now. Already some have said to run in the presidential
election. It makes the idea of the common candidate moot," Aram Gaspar
Sargsyan says.

Aram Gaspar Sargsyan says another question is important to him,
therefore he does not take part in the meetings of the opposition
leaders. "I cannot understand why we continue to proceed along this
system, for it means there will be no real election. Is it worthwhile
to make the same mistake for a dozen of times? In 2003, in 2005, in
2007. The system was created and it works. Now those who say they
want to run in the election with the same system, it means either
they are playing a game of waiting or they want to give it another
try, or yet there are other problems, there are young boys who want
to give it a try. I understand," Aram Gaspar Sargsyan says. He said
in October or November the Democratic Party will decide on running
in the presidential election.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress