SAME IDEAS DIFFERENT STYLES

Lragir.am
19-09-2007 15:11:26

Armen Rustamyan, representative of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun’s Supreme
Body, explained the decision of the party to name two candidates in
a news conference on September 19. According to him, by nominating
him and Vahan Hovanisyan to the presidential election Dashnaktsutyun
did not invent the bicycle but practiced the experience of developed
political systems of the world. "If we are considering a party’s
commitment to democracy, the party should display democracy inside
it first. It is one of the simplest and most important expressions
of democracy," Armen Rustamyan says.

Armen Rustamyan gave a positive answer to the question whether it
means that Armen Rustamyan and Vahan Hovanisyan will be competing
to win over the ranks of the party and even said it is going to be
a transparent competition. "It is going to be open, we will have
meetings with our ranks, in the regions, inviting supporters, we will
present our approaches, our points of views, certainly. The logic of
Dashnaktsutyun is: no matter who is selected, people will eventually
support Dashnaktsutyun," Armen Rustamyan says.

According to him, the difference is that of persons. "I may put the
stresses in my way, and Vahan in his way. We share ideas, nevertheless
there is difference in style," Armen Rustamyan says.