TURNS OUT NEW RULE OF LAW MINISTERS ARE FRIENDS OF PARTY LEADER ARTUR BAGHDASARYAN
Tert.am
14:21 ~U 16.03.10
Rule of Law Party leader Artur Baghdasaryan, responding to questions
on the decision to nominate Manuk Vardanyan and Armen Yeritsyan
as candidates for minister positions, said that he knows the two
candidates, in fact, they’re friends and have published a book
together.
"So there is friendship, with both me and our party’s executives. The
same can be said as well for Manuk Vardanyan," he said.
Confronted with a question that asked whether, in Armenia, positions
are awarded through friends and known ties, Baghdasaryan said,
"There are neither acquaintance nor friendship issues here. I am
[simply] saying that I know those individuals. Our political team
has walked together with them on the same path, has seen their work."
Baghdasaryan denied press reports that these were forced appointments,
noting that the candidates were agreed with the Armenian president.
The party leader added that the ceremony admitting Yeritsyan and
Vardanyan as party members took place yesterday evening.