TIGRAN TOROSIAN: ARMENIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS WILL FAIL TO RECEIVE MORE THAN 40% VOTES IN YEREVAN COUNCIL OF ELDERS ELECTIONS

Noyan Tapan
March 26, 2009

YEREVAN, MARCH 26, NOYAN TAPAN. According to Tigran Torosian, the
former RA National Assembly Speaker, currently an independent deputy,
if the Armenian National Congress (ANC) and Zharangutiun (Heritage)
ran for Yerevan Council of Elders elections with a common list,
the opposition would be able to receive over 40% votes. However,
as T. Torosian said at the March 26 press conference, at present,
when ANC runs for the elections individually, it will fail to receive
more than 40% votes, while parties making part of the ruling coalition
are in more favorable condition. In his words, very probably after the
elections the pro-governmental forces will once more make a coalition
after the council of elders is formed.

In response to the question of why before any election oppositionists
unlike the authorities fail to come to an agreement, T. Torosian said
that those being in power are afraid of losing the power, and that
fear unites them.

And, according to his observation, what opposition can lose regards
the future. "In this case, in my opinion, Zharangutiun was treated
non-correctly: they presented the list to Zharangutiun and said:
"here are your places, you may agree to them or you may not,"
T. Torosian said.