PEOPLE AND AUTHORITIES SHOULD BE UNITED TO RESIST FOREIGN FORCES, ZHARANGUTIUN’S POLITICAL SECRETARY CONSIDERS

Noyan Tapan
Dec 14, 2007

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 14, NOYAN TAPAN. The people and the authorities
should be united to resist the foreign political factor. However,
as Vardan Khachatrian, the Zharangutiun (Heritage) party’s Political
Secretary, mentioned at the December 14 discussion on the subject
"The foreign factor in the RA presidential elections," we do not have
such a unity in Armenia.

According to him, problems emerge after all elections held in Armenia,
and the international organizations also mention this. Therefore,
the country’s authorities are weak in the respect of resisting the
foreign factor.

According to V. Khachatrian, the foreign factor’s influence should
be differentiated in case of Russia, the European Union, NATO or the
United States, as the latters have a different influence on Armenia’s
home political events. He also mentioned that the foreign challenges
faced by Armenia become more serious during elections. In particular,
the Azeri Defence Minister’s statement that the war is inevitable,
poses a very serious danger in this election period.

According to Mher Shahgeldian, the Vice-Chairman of the Orinats Yerkir
(Country of Law) party, the interests of different force centers of
the world may coincide in the issue of holding democratic elections
in Armenia.

"The point is not that they will try to form the processes in Armenia
according to their ideas," M. Shahgeldian said. In his words, for any
country, especially for geopolitical centers, it is very important
whom it deals with, whether with a legitimately elected authorities,
which enjoy people’s confidence, or with authorities, which were
elected with falsifications and use of the administrative resource.

Keeping democratic norms during the elections, according to
M. Shahgledian, is also very important in the respect of the Nagorno
Karabakh negotiations process, as the authorities elected in this
way will have a larger possibility to protect the interests of their
own country.