STEPAN DEMIRCHYAN: LEVON TER-PETROSYAN’S NOMINATION AT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION INTRODUCED A TURN IN ARMENIA’S POLITICAL LIFE
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2007-12-14 14:51:00
ArmInfo. "The nomination of Levon Ter-Petrosyan, the first president
of Armenia, disrupted the current regime’s plans and introduced a turn
in the socio-political situation in the republic. Therefore, he has
become a target for the pro-governmental media", Leader of the People’s
party of Armenia (PPA) Stepan Demirchyan told ArmInfo correspondent.
According to him, the PPA’s decision to support Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s
candidacy at the presidential election was conditioned by the
necessity to form a strong oppositional pole of political forces
in the country. "The PPA made a decision to support Ter-Petrosyan’s
candidacy taking into account the fact that the oppositional pole’s
formation was most possible around the first president, as well as
the fact that despite the difference in assessments, our approaches
coincide on the most important issues", said S.Demirchyan.
Among the most important issues Demirchyan noted the fight against
corruption, conduction of radical reforms, division of power and
business, detection of organizers of the act of terrorism in the
Armenian parliament on October 27, 1999. "A strong oppositional pole
has obviously been formed around the first president’s candidacy,
and the main electoral fight will be between Levon Ter-Petrosyan and
the candidate from power", S.Demirchyan stressed.
From: Baghdasarian