MEMBER OF RPA BOARD BELIEVES OPINION OF FOREIGN ORGANIZATIONS MORE THAN THAT OF ARMENIAN SOCIETY

Noyan Tapan
Nov 14, 2007

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 14, NOYAN TAPAN. If even extra-parliamentary forces
place orders of participation in the 2008 presidential elections,
the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), having recorded success in
the parliamentary elections, is all the more entitled to take part
in the campaign. This statement was made by Hakob Hakobian, a member
of the Board of the Republican Party of Armenia and a member of the
Republican Party of Armenia faction of the RA National Assembly,
on November 14. In his words, the Republican Party of Armenia goes
to the elections having a big political capital.

In response to a journalist’s question of what attitude Hakob Hakobian
has towards the point of view existing in wide ranges of society on
simulating the results of the parliamentary elections, the MP said
that he believes only the opinion of international authoritative
organizations and not that of the Armenian society.

In response to the question of what attitude he has towards the
statement of international authoritative organizations, for example,
that of "Freedom House", according to which there are political
prisoners in the face of Jirayr Sefilian, as well as towards the
statements that freedom of press is limited in Armenia, Hakob Hakobian
accepted that Armenia, really, has problems with regard to the free
activities of TV companies, of A1+ TV company, in particular, however,
the same cannot be said about the existence of political prisoners.