T. KARAPETIAN ADVISES "ALTERNATIVE" CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENCY TO BE ENGAGED IN WRITING MEMOIRS

Noyan Tapan
Nov 30, 2007

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 30, NOYAN TAPAN. "We must not continue living this
way," this is the slogan of Tigran Karapetian, the Chairman of the
People’s Party, who is a candidate for presidency. He gave assurance
at the November 30 meeting with journalists that the country should
be taken out of the transitional stage. "We have been at this stage
for more than ten years and this has already become a character,"
he stated.

According to T. Karapetian, he has nominated his candidature as an
alternative to the other candidates for presidency, RA Prime Minister
Serge Sargsian and first RA President Levon Ter-Petrosian. He said
that the more those two forces of the political sphere blow each other
the more his rating will rise. Touching upon the other candidates
for presidency considering themselves "alternative," T. Karapetian
said that he was an alternative candidate ten years ago and has not
changed his principles so far. "It is impossible to become alternative
from a saviour or vice versa," he noted adding that all of them had
taken posts and today confess that they had mistakes. "If you have
made mistakes, go and write memoirs. Will you correct your mistakes,
have you become a different person?" T. Karapetian complained.

According to PP Chairman’s observation, "money will have an important
role" during the forthcoming presidential elections, as part of the
people expects that, and the authorities and the opposition will use
that factor without fail. T. Karapetian said that according to his
information, some figures (not from the power wing) offer 200 dollars
for one vote in the upcoming elections.

T. Karapetian predicts that "there will be harsh moments" in the
preelection period without fail. He expressed apprehension that
"the people will be deceived this time as well," and the nation,
the republic will gain nothing as a result of the elections. In
T. Karapetian’s opinion, the authorities will do their best to end
the elections with one tour.