"BOTH IN CASE OF VICTORY OF SERGE SRGSIAN AND LEVON TER-PETROSIAN, RESULTS WILL BE DISASTROUS," ARAM MAYILIAN BELIEVES
Noyan Tapan
Nov 8, 2007
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 8, NOYAN TAPAN. "The current strongest, if not the
only, pre-electoral pole of the opposition field, has been formed
in the hands of Levon Ter-Petrosian, the first President of the
Republic of Armenia," Larisa Alaverdian, a member of the Zharangutiun
(Heritage) faction of the National Assembly, mentioned during the
November 8 discussion. In her prevision, the other opposition figures,
who are potential candidates running for presidency, will no longer
be able to create big unions and thus, a common candidate will not be
put forward. Larisa Alaverdian stated that in the current political
situation it is still indefinite whether Raffi Hovhannisian, the
founder of the Zharangutiun (Heritage), will be nominated in the
presidential elections.
Another participant of the discussion Aram Mayilian, an MP of the
former Supreme Council, mentioned that with the return of the first
president the political field has divided into two parts: strong and
weak, which he classified as "serious" and "not serious".
The players of the "serious" field, according to him, are Levon
Ter-Petrosian and Prime Minister Serge Sargsian, "in case of victory
of each of them the results will be disastrous." According to Aram
Mayilian, the approaches of the first president with regard to the
Karabakh problem are defeatist ones and that is dangerous for people,
who have won. And in case Serge Sargsian becomes president, in the
words of the former MP, the factual one-party system will strengthen
still more in the country, the free speech will be restricted,
to name but a few. Thus, as Aram Mayilian concluded, the bases of
democracy will get weaker in the country, which as well is fraught
with the probability of losing Artsakh.