SERZH SARGSYAN DOES NOT NEED ROBERT KOCHARIAN’S RETURN TO POWER, HOVHANNES HOVHANNISIAN CONSIDERS

Noyan Tapan

Se p 26, 2008

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 26, NOYAN TAPAN. The Russian-Georgian conflict has
made a serious impact on Armenia’s home political situation, and the
questions were changed by 180 degrees in the region as a result of
the war," Hovhannes Hovhannisian, the Chairman of the Liberal Party
of Armenia, stated at the September 26 press conference.

Touching upon RA President Serzh Sargsyan’s foreign policy,
H. Hovhannisian said that he mainly tries to solve two problems and in
difference to former RA President Robert Kocharian, he tries to come
out to the international arena through the Armenian-Turkish relations
and the Nagorno Karabakh settlement. "It is a very large and difficult
game. Today Armenia led by S. Sargsyan with very weak playing cards
has sat at a large card-table and plays with the greatest powers of
the world," H. Hovhannisian said adding that it is impossible to
achieve something with this tactics, with a corrupted power, with
non-established institutions. And the result of the game, according
to him, will become clear in a month or two.

According to him, at present the opposition reconsiders its
strategy. "We should not forget that the public has not received
yet answers on the March 1 events from the RA authorities. Therefore
the opposition has no right to be passive, and the rallies should be
continued," H. Hovhannisian emphasized.

In response to the question of whether Robert Kocharian’s return to
power is possible, H. Hovhannisian said that the former President with
his character will not agree to take another post. Besides, the current
power, especially S. Sargsyan do not need R. Kocharian’s return.