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WILL `NATIONAL RENAISSANCE’ PARTY SPLIT?
[04:31 pm] 20 September, 2007

All problems concerning the `National Renaissance’ party will be
solved during the plenary session by the end of the year. Albert
Bazeyan, chair of the party’s political council informed about it
today. Reflecting on his resignation, he informed that if there was
anyone who was ready to take up the responsibility, he would resign
his commission. `But nobody wants to take up the responsibility’, he
said.

He complained why members of the party contacted with him through
media instead of ratifying an agenda and convening a session. He
pointed out that two-three members of the council made unrealizable
proposals but did not point any ways for their realization. Their
incredible proposals concern political activity.

Albert Bazeyan announced that he wanted to freeze his membership in
the `Republican’ party, but Simon Grigoryan and other members of the
council insisted on withdrawing from the party and founding a new one.

Bazeyan explained them that they would find enough support to found a
party and to convene sessions only and that financial support would
not be enough for carrying out political activities. Thus, Albert
Bazeyan found the best way of being active without spending money – to
join the `Armenian Liberal Democratic Party’ together with `Alliance’
party. According to him, half of the party was against that decision.

`The former RA Minister of Defense Vagharshak Harutyunyan did not sign
that announcement, which means that he either did not agree with that
or I don’t know’, said Mr Bazeyan. He informed that he only talked to
Mr Harutyunyan on the phone and the latter never expressed his
position towards the situation.

The other unrealizable suggestion of Simon Grigoryan referred to
nominating own candidate during the presidential elections. Bazeyan
finds such proposal unreasonable and added: `I will not run for
presidency, if Simon Grigoryan wants, let him do so’.

We should notice that 120-year-old programs of the `Armenia Liberal
Democratic Party’ do not satisfy Bazeyan. When we said that the head
of the `Armenia Liberal Democratic Party’ informed us that in case of
joining the party they should take an oath and accept the programs and
regulations of the party, Bazeyan said that he was against it, since
if you take an oath, you should be true to that, while one should not
take an oath in the political activities.