WHO WILL HEAD YOUNG BUT ENERGETIC PARTY?
KarabakhOpen
19-09-2007 14:29:17
After appointment as prime minister Arayik Harutiunyan let several
positions go which cannot remain vacant for a long time. In particular,
Arayik Harutiunyan said to resign from parliament. In other words,
voting should be held soon in the constituency from where he had been
elected to parliament.
The second position is the leadership of the Azat Hayrenik Party.
Apparently, the party will have to choose a new leader soon.
The party was set up on the eve of the parliamentary election of
2005 and had four co-leaders in the beginning. Perhaps in order
to emphasize its diversity, the party elected Arayik Harutiunyan,
businessman, Arpat Avanesyan and Arthur Tovmasyan, professors at
Artsakh State University, Rudik Hyusnunts involved in spiritual
activities. All the four were elected to parliament, in addition,
Rudik Hyusnunts became deputy speaker of parliament, Arpat Avanesyan
became chair of the commission on social affairs. Arayik Harutiunyan
became chair of the committee of finance and budget, Arthur Tovmasyan
became the leader of the Hayrenik faction.
The past two years were marked with perturbations, namely last year
the party elected Arayik Harutiunyan as sole leader who also became
the leader of the faction, and resigned from chairmanship of the
committee. Benik Bakhshiyan (Democratic faction) was elected chair
of the committee of finance and budget, and Gagik Petrosyan from Azat
Hayrenik became chair of the committee of industry.
Hence, the Azat Hayrenik is going to elect leaders of the party and
the faction. Judging by backstage conversations, Arthur Tovmasyan
may become the leader of the party.
In the long run, the active political season in Karabakh is over. The
parties will hardly become engaged in intensive political activities in
the upcoming two or three years, for the next parliamentary election
is in 2010. The party may have a rest, especially after such hard
work. It is not so easy to get 12 seats in a parliament with 33
members, have officials in almost all the influential agencies, and
support the president so that he trusts the post of prime minister
to the leader of such a young but energetic party within three years.
The take-off of the party and its leader was so sudden and evident
that it made some analysts think who will be at the wheel of the
country in the upcoming few years.