ONE OPPOSITION PARTY BLAMING ANOTHER FOR CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS
Tert
Nov 16 2009
Armenia
"I think that, on September 1-2, if the opposition appealed to the
people and got them out on the streets and kept them there for a
few days, 100 thousand, 200 thousand, 500 thousand, I don’t know,
as long as it could, in the first place, these Protocols wouldn’t
have been signed, and secondly, it would’ve been possible to hold
special elections.
"But that didn’t happen, the exact opposite took place, and today,
I don’t see that the opposition is in a position to hold special
elections," said Social Democrat Hunchakian Party central department
member Vahan Shirkhanyan at today’s press conference.
Shirkhanyan connected the possibility of special elections more so
with organizing a new opposition force. "If developments lead to
that situation, where people see its existence as a real threat,
a new opposition will be created which will begin to work perhaps at
that time. I don’t see the prospect of special elections from today’s
opposition," announced Shirkhanyan.
MP Vardan Khachatryan, also participating in the press conference,
noted that special elections can take place in the country
only when there are new developments in the establishment of
Armenia-Turkey relations or in the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict. "Nothing should be excluded, not special elections and not
a change in the leadership," said Khachatryan.