HEAD OF RPA FACTION: ONE NEEDS CONFIDENCE AND SUPPORT OF WIDE LAYERS OF SOCIETY TO GAIN CONSIDERABLE PROGRESS IN ARMENIA

arminfo
2008-03-28 22:16:00

ArmInfo. To gain considerable progress in Armenia, one should enjoy
the confidence and support of wide layers of the society, Head of
the parliamentary faction of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA)
Karen Karapetyan told ArmInfo correspondent.

According to him, all the political forces involved in Armenia’s ruling
coalition nominated their own candidate at the presidential election
and obtained certain percent of people’s confidence. "I think that
consolidation of these forces for the welfare of people and state was
a correct decision", Karapetyan said. He added that the RPA is not
going to hold large-scale reforms in the narrow corporate field. "The
RPA leader called on all political forces for cooperation, including
formation of a governmental coalition", Karapetyan recalled. The MP
thinks that as compared with the previous coalitions, this coalition
considers its key task to settle important and urgent problems of
the country; as regards distribution of ministerial portfolios,
this issue paled into insignificance. Asked about his attitude to
the fact that the Law-Governed Country Party and ARF Dashnaksutyun,
whose presidential nominees criticized the present authorities, are
also included in the coalition, Karapetyan said: "We treat this fact
with understanding. Strong people are always generous. Certainly,
it would be right if the political forces didn’t burn their bridges
during any elections. But I think that this culture will develop in
Armenia in the course of time".