PROPOSAL FOR DIALOGUE ADDRESSED TO EVERYONE
Gevorg Harutyunyan

Hayots Ashkhar Daily
March 25, 2008

As a result of long-term discussions and negotiations, on March 21,
four Parliamentary Parties, the Republican Party "Bargavach Hayastan",
"Orinats Yerkir" and ARF Dashnaktsutyun signed an agreement on the
formation of a political coalition. The correspondent of "Hayots
Ashkharh" daily tried to clarify from the Secretary of "Bargavach
Hayastan" Parliamentary faction Aram Safaryan to what extent can the
political coalition contribute to the discharge of the post-election
tension.

Dialogue – the only condition to succeed

"In my view the format of the political coalition is a success and
in essence corresponds to the ratio of the political powers having
appeared in the internal political domain due to the post-election
developments. The formation of coalition is an equivalent response
to the challenges faced by the country and the people.

The coalition agreement is a comprehensive document, where all
the problems recorded are primary. All the four parties that have
formed coalition are responsible for the implementation of all the
clauses. The active and principled discussion inside coalition, the
collision of the viewpoints, mutual agreements are guarantees for a
regular activity, which must exclude fractionist struggle.

The thing is, more than one million people, are backing the four
parties that have formed coalition, which gives the right to commit
themselves to leading the country for a long period of time. In that
period there will be a necessity to overcome all the difficulties
faced by the country and the people. Besides the social polarization
and the atmosphere of confrontation created after the elections,
the primary issue of our Foreign Policy, Artsakh problem is very
tensed. If we don’t unite to solve all the internal and external
problems, coalition will fail. Dialogue is the only condition to
succeed. Instead of treading on one another’s toes we must cooperate."

"Mr. Safaryan how is it possible to bring the radicals to a dialogue
or cooperation?"

"Society, at the moment, is divided into two equal parts. The army of
our supporters is two times more than theirs, but the small opposition
is radical and very strong-minded. We invite them for a dialogue. This
of course doesn’t mean that they will all make part of government
and hold posts. It is impossible to include everyone in government
at once. But it is possible to have a strong and practical authority
and a responsible and strong opposition, in the meantime. To achieve
this, our opposition must give up the tactics of demonstrations and
protest marches, to perform a more effective political activity and
appear with constructive programs rather than enmity and hatred."