IS EUROPE BEING COURTEOUS?

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08:27 pm | March 31, 2009

Politics

The members of the Monitoring Committee are not dumb. I know because
I have worked with them for five years. I know their European ethics
and that their appraisal is simply a formality. They know very well
what is going on in Armenia," said today leader of the Armenian
Liberal Party, former head of the Armenian delegation to the PACE
Hovhannes Hovhannisyan.

According to Head of the RA Delegation to the PACE David Harutyunyan,
the Monitoring Committee praised the legislative reforms undertaken
in Armenia and attached importance to the process of law enforcement.

Hovhannes Hovhannisyan had this to say to that:

"Even the Russians are starting to realize that things can’t go
on like this for a long time. These authorities have neither the
political resources to keep power nor the political will to start a
dialogue with the opposition."

According to him, the May 31 elections are a great chance and not
using that taking advantage of the elections as a chance for the
government-opposition dialogue "would mean that the people don’t feel
a sense of responsibility towards the state and the nation."

Talking about the current economic crisis, Hovhannisyan remarked
that the authorities want to put the burden of that strong word on
their shoulders.

"All countries are trying to dissolve the economic and recession
pressures, change the vector. These authorities are trying to take
it on themselves. This is absurd and it is the mentality of a coward."

Hovhannisyan considered Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s nomination as a rather
grave political step on the part of the First President and the
Armenian National Congress.

"This goes to show Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s attitude towards society. He
is also ready to take the path that leads to restoration of
constitutional order," said member of the Armenian National Congress,
leader of the Armenian Liberal Party Hovhannes Hovhannisyan.