CHAIRWOMAN OF HERITAGE OPPOSITION PARTY BOARD CATEGORICALLY AGAINST RETURN OF SECOND PRESIDENT OF ARMENIA ROBERT KOCHARYAN TO POLITICS

ArmInfo
2008-09-22 14:32:00

ArmInfo. ‘It is too soft to say that I am categorically against the
return of Robert Kocharyan to politics. Lord Forbid!’, Chairwoman of
Heritage Opposition Party Board, MP Anahit Bakhshyan told media at
‘Hayatsk’ Debate Club, Monday when commenting on expected election
of Hovik Abrahamyan parliamentary speaker.

A. Bakhshyan said time will show if replacement of Tigran Torosyan
with Hovik Abrahamyan aimed to discredit the position of parliamentary
speaker or not. ‘So far, one can speak of the press items telling about
the illegal activity of Hovik Abrahamyan. By the way, the latter has
not refuted the items so far. I have an impression that T. Torosyan
did not suit to the Republican Party of Armenia for he, for instance,
was not used to release the cars of his colleague-parliamentarians from
car pounds. RPA parliamentarians evidently believe Hovik Abrahamyan
as their man’, Bakhshyan said. Asked about the prospects of the work
of the only opposition party in the parliament with the new speaker,
she promised to organize an exam for H. Abrahamyan on Parliamentary
Regulations.

She underlined that the change of the speaker will not affect the
decision of Heritage party parliamentarians to discuss their possible
refusal from deputy m andates in January. The explained the decision
with the fulfillment of Armenia’s commitments to the Council of Europe
and the steps of the authorities to restore legality after 1 March
incidents, A. Bakhshyan said.