BEATERS AND THE BEATEN DECIDED TO STAY SILENT
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08:00 pm | May 19, 2009
The dispute between the Republican and "Prosperous Armenia" parties
was on top of the agenda today during the National Assembly’s hour
of statements.
"There are many names in circulation. "Heritage" condemns the hooligan
acts taking place in different districts of Yerevan," member of
"Heritage" Armen Martirosyan said as he condemned the conflicts
between parties.
Republican Karen Avagyan called "Heritage" the supervising body of
the National Assembly and reserved the right to change the slogan of
the Armenian National Congress to "Let’s change Armenia by starting
with the ANC".
During his election campaign, ARF mayor candidate Artsvik Minasyan
is becoming more and more convinced that small and medium businesses
are fading away in Armenia. "The government’s statements on small
and medium businesses have nothing to do with supporting them."
Besides the Republican and "Prosperous Armenia" parties, the remaining
parties are complaining about the most important issues on Armenia’s
foreign policy agenda, which are the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and
the Turkish-Armenian relations.
"Heritage" voiced concerns over the thaw in Turkish-Armenian
relations, saying that their bad predictions became a reality. The
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is part of the Turkish-Armenian relations
and Turkey threatens to dismiss 40,000 Armenian employees working in
its territory.
"We call on the authorities to take decisive steps in Turkish-Armenian
relations in a visible time-frame," said Vardan Khachatryan.