ZARUHI POSTANJIAN: LEVON TER-PETROSIAN SHOULD HAVE BEEN WITH PEOPLE ON MARCH 1

YEREVAN
JUNE 8, 2009
NOYAN TAPAN

The wrong decisions of the Armenian National Congress resulted in
a very low turnout of civil society in Yerevan Council of Elders
elections. Armen Martirosian, the head of the Zharangutiun (Heritage)
party parliamentary faction, expressed such an opinion at the June 5
press conference. In his words, a great part of electorate would go
to ballot if another opposition candidate were also nominated besides
Levon Ter-Petrosian.

According to Zharangutiun faction member Zaruhi Postanjian, personally
she was against the ANC list, as "obsolete people" were presented
on it. According to the deputy, new, young figures should have been
included in that list. And now, according to Z. Postanjian, if ANC
wants to stay in the sphere as a political structure, it should draw
conclusions from its own mistakes. "We saw in fact that ANC is not a
fully-fledged opposition force and does not enjoy people’s confidence,"
she said.

According to Z. Postanjian, society expects "everyday work" from
ANC "and not activation from one event to another." She gave the
example that Zharangutiun members are constantly and always with
the people. "We were also with the people on March 1, while it was
them who were obliged to do it. Levon Ter-Petrosian irrespective of
the fact that he was under arrest should have come and been with the
people," Z. Postanjian said.