RPA TO VOTE FOR ARMENIAN-TURKISH PROTOCOLS

news.am
Jan 12 2010
Armenia

The Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) played a key role in drafting
the Armenian-Turkish protocols, and the RPA parliamentary faction will
certainly vote for the document," Chairman of the RPA parliamentary
faction Galust Sahakyan told NEWS.am.

He pointed out that the RPA has from the very outset been for
ratification within a reasonable timeframe. "As to the other
parliamentary forces, I think each of them will vote in conformity
with their beliefs," Sahakyan said.

Secretary of the faction Eduard Sharmazanov said that he, as well as
the ruling party, has been supportive of President Serzh Sargsyan’s
policy of initiatives over the last year and a half. The RPA remains
committed to its stance.

"RPA is not a party changing its views every week. At the RPA Council’s
sitting held before the protocols were signed, we stated our opinion
and have not changed it," Sharmazanov said.

On January 12, the RA Constitutional Court confirmed the
constitutionality of the Armenian-Turkish protocols.