ZHARANGUTIUN NOT WILLING TO GET INTO HELL

Panorama.am
17:34 10/12/2007

Member of Zharangutiun block Vardan Khachatryan and his party fellow
believe it is a "loud injustice" that their leader Raffi Hovannisyan
is not granted citizenship of the Republic of Armenia and that he
cannot take part in the presidential elections.

However, as Khachatryan told a news conference today it would
be more unjust if they do not stand beside any candidate during
the presidential elections and do not support him. "We cannot be
impartial to this process. It would bring to Dante conclusion if we
stay impartial at the crucial moment. Dante Aligeri says: the most
flammable places in the hell are left for those who stepped aside
during crucial moments for the society," Khachatryan said.

Therefore, Zharangutiun administration board has organized a rating
voting in its recent session and learnt about the party moods. In
his words, Vazgen Manukyan’s and Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s names were
mentioned. So far the party is negotiating with the political
forces. So, they do not name any specific person they are going to
support. "The board will decide soon the mechanism to unveil the
person that Zharangutiun will support," Vardan Khachatryan said.

However, he said they are not going to support any part in the ruling
authorities since "an opposition party cannot support a representative
of the authorities." Dashnaksutiun-Zharangutiun cooperation is
not possible because "Dashnaksutiun is ruling authority and not
opposition," the deputy said.