RPA’S FORMULA IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IS "IDEOLOGICAL STRUGGLE, PROGRAM STRUGGLE AND NOT STRUGGLE AMONG PERSONALITIES"
Noyan Tapan
Feb 11, 2008
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 11, NOYAN TAPAN. "Beating and hooliganism are not
political and political scientific categories and in any case, no
matter what force instigates it, it should receive a legal response
and be condemned," Mkrtich Minasian, a member of the National Assembly
RPA faction, said at the February 8 press briefing, touching upon the
information published in press, according to which the representatives
of RA presidential candidate Levon Ter-Petrosian’s preelection
headquarters the day before were attacked by the supporters of
presidential candidate from RPA, Serge Sargsian in Yerevan’s Nor
Nork community.
The deputy affirmed that every one should realize that after the
February 19 presidential elections "the Armenian people is obliged to
live a normal life: nothing will be achieved by beating, by showing
force, the force is in reason, the force is in ideas and in the
struggle of ideas." He also said that their team has been warned by
the party and by S. Sargsian personally that they "need only and only
transparent, fair, free elections inspiring confidence." At the same
time, M. Minasian did not exclude that "some people from this or that
side do disservice."
Hermine Naghdalian, a NA deputy from RPA, in her turn, stated that
RPA’s formula in the presidential elections is "ideological struggle,
program struggle and not struggle among personalities." She also
mentioned that when carrying out preelection agitation they do not
proceed from the fact who are their "rivals or opponents."