PARTY DETERMINES ITS HUMAN RESOURCE POLICY ON ITS OWN
S. Haroutyunyan
Hayots Ashkhar Daily
09 Sep 2008
Armenia
In response to the questions of the journalists, RPA Vice Chair GALOUST
SAHAKYAN presents his arguments on the decision of the RPA Executive
Body on the "inexpediency" of NA Speaker Tigran Torosyan’s remaining
in office.
"Each party determines its human resource policy, i.e. the role of
each political figure, on its own. In general, all kinds of similar
changes result from a political decision, and the party does not have
a negative attitude towards Tigran Torosyan."
"What arguments did the Executive Body bring during its session to
support the resignation of T. Torosyan?"
"This is within the competences of the Executive Session. I believe
it is one of the activities of the party, and there is no problem in
terms of making any argument and presenting it to the public."
"But this may arouse a question in the public as to what such decision
was conditioned by."
"There may be various occasions that may arouse questions in public,
but I repeat, each party determines its strategy on its own. Therefore,
I don’t think we should present the internal discussions of the party
to the public."
"How do you estimate Tigran Torosyan’s activities in the post of the
NA Speaker for so many yea rs?"
"Estimation is one thing, and the country’s functions and political
processes – quite different things. Naturally, we have many years’
experience of joint work, and I believe that it will certainly have its
continuation. That’s to say, being a political figure inside a party is
a role, and what is happening now is nothing more than a role casting."
"Can you remember a case when Tigran Torosyan failed to perform
his duties?"
"Tigran Torosyan is a political figure and not an employee of some
agency for us to decide everything based upon positive and negative
evaluations. Our decision has no bearing to Tigran Torosyan’s activity;
it is a political decision. The role of each political figure is
determined by his political team: if it is necessary to be here,
we’ll be here; should it be required to be elsewhere, we’ll be there."
"Do you expect Tigran Torosyan to hand in resignation himself? What
will happen if that doesn’t take place?"
"This is not a proper moment for us to be guided by expectations. The
party has undertaken a step, and I believe that decisions on the
further steps will again be made by our party."
"Isn’t the effectiveness of the NA activities the ‘index’
predetermining whether or not to remove the NA Speaker from office?"
"The a ctivities of the National Assembly should be evaluated by the
people. All in all, the Parliament has worked well during the recent
years in terms of legislative activities. I don’t think the party’s
decision should be stipulated by the personal features or activities
of Tigran Torosyan. Today the party sees me in the role of a Deputy;
tomorrow it may see me in the role of a village governor."
"If Tigran Torosyan doesn’t resign, will you dismiss him from the
party?"
"That will be decided in joint manner. I don’t think this is the
situation when we are required to discuss that option. There is no
problem of the kind at the moment. After all, let me say that it is
up to each family to handle its internal problems on its own."