THE AUTHORITIES AND THE OPPOSITION SHOULD WORK TOGETHER TO RESTORE THE COUNTRY’S IMAGE

armradio.am
14.05.2008 15:38

"Requirements of the PACE resolution will be implemented by the
Armenian authorities. I’m sure, however, that these refer to both
the authorities and the opposition, because the steps directed
at normalizing the political situation in the country should be
taken on both sides," Secretary of the Prosperous Armenia faction
of the National assembly Aram Safaryan told a press conference
today. According to him, the opposition and the authorities should
work together to keep high the country’s rating and restore the
harmed rimage.

"The problems existing in the country will be solved when the
atmosphere gets healthier, while certain time will be needed towards
that end," Aram Safaryan said. In his opinion, it is necessary for
the authorities and the opposition to be tolerant towards each other
and take steps in the direction of fulfilling the requirements of the
PACE resolution. According to his assessment, the attitude towards
members of government is not negative, the society is optimistic
about the steps the Government has promised to make.

According to Aram Safaryan, the authorities deal with two political
layers.

The first is the part of society, which is discontent because of
social problems, inconsistency of beliefs. "This part of society is
rather large, and we saw the expression of it on March 1-2. Solution
of the existing problems is the immediate task of the Government,"
the MP noted. The second layer is the political force that has
assembled around the first President. Mr. Safaryan is assured
that these politicians will later unite into a front or party,
which is positive because in this case the political struggle will
proceed legally and openly. The opposition’s activity should also
be transparent for the public. Only in this case we can speak about
civil ways of serious political struggle.