HERITAGE REJECTED THE OFFER
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04:22 pm | April 29, 2009 |
After withdrawing from the coalition and declaring itself an
alternative opposition, the ARF-Dashnaktsutyun was given a chance to
retain the posts at the National Assembly’s committees.
Speaker of the National Assembly Hovik Abrahamyan suggested Armen
Rustamyan, Chairman of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs,
and Arthur Aghabekyan, Chairman of the Standing Committee on Defense,
National Security and Interior Affairs, to take back their resignation
letters.
The ARF-Dashnaktsutyun thanked for the proposal and promised to
discuss it at the ARF’s Supreme Council.
Under the NA time-limit, the party is to give an answer within
free days.
"It is time we learned that the opposition and authorities shouldn’t
hold a hostile attitude towards each other. The culture isn’t developed
in our country yet." Dashnaktsutyun member Artyusha Shahbazyan said
commenting on the NA Speaker’s proposal.
Artyusha Shahbazyan couldn’t say whether the Dashnaktsutyun will
accept the proposal or not. He reminded the "Donti" resolution
adopted by the National Assembly in autumn 2008 which foresees seats
for the opposition in the parliamentary leadership. "This enables
the opposition to have seats in the National Assembly instead of
concluding bargains."
The resolution is not put into effect yet.
With regard to ARF’s ministerial portfolios, Mr. Shahbazyan noted
that the party received them as a result of a political agreement.
Note that the NA Speaker today offered the vacant posts at the Standing
Committee to the Heritage party but the latter rejected the offer.