ACCORDING TO HRAYR KARAPETIAN, IT IS NOT EXCLUDED THAT ARFD CAN NOMINATE NON-PARTISAN CANDIDATES FOR SOME POSTS

Noyan Tapan
April 11, 2008

YEREVAN, APRIL 11, NOYAN TAPAN. Newly appointed Prime Minister Tigran
Sargsian is able to head the coalition government. Hrayr Karapetian,
the head of the RA National Assembly ARFD faction, expressed such an
opinion during the April 11 press briefing mentioning that he has known
T. Sargsian at least for 20 years and is of high opinion about him
"especially as an economist." The MP affirmed that when nominating
the non-partisan candidate for Prime Minister’s post RPA also took
into consideration his "qualities," which speaks for T. Sargsian.

The deputy from ARFD also said that no negotiations on the staff of
the government to be formed have been held yet. "It is clear that
each political force would like to have more levels and would like
them to be more influential, which is natural. However, it is also
natural that as a result of mutual consent both the government’s staff
and the leading staff of the rest of departments should be formed,"
H. Karapetian said. According to him, after clarification of quotas
of posts due to the parties it is not excluded that ARFD will nominate
non-partisan candidates as well.