GALUST SAHAKIAN: IT IS NECESSARY TO CLOSE THE PAGE OF LEVON TER-PETROSIAN AND GO AHEAD
Noyan Tapan
March 26, 2008
YEREVAN, MARCH 26, NOYAN TAPAN. The return of the first Armenian
president Levon Ter-Petrosian to political field was one of bad pages
of the country’s history, and it is necessary to "close this page
and go ahead," deputy chairman of the Republican Party of Armenia
(RPA), NA deputy Galust Sahakian expressed an opinion at the March 26
press conference. In his words, the postelection process "was not a
fight between the opposition and the authorities: a man emerged who
wanted to create a controllable Armenia of a new format and present
it on a tray to others." G. Sahakian pointed out the necessity of
rapid reforms to ease the tension in the country. In his words, the
tension will disappear in the coming months as this tension is to
the advanatage of not the people but some persons striving after power.
The RPA deputy chairman said that the factor of L. Ter-Petrosian has
not played any role in the creation of ruling coalition. In his words,
such a coalition already existed before the presidential election:
it has not been created, it just has been extended. "Ter-Petrosian
needn’t tell about all the problems in the state, we are aware of
these problems," he remarked. In his words, all these problems are
reflected in the pre-election program of the RPA candidate and in
the government programs, and the more united the society, the more
efficiently these problems will be solved.
According to G. Sahakian, the purpose of forming the coalition is to
involve the political forces enjoying the society’s confidence in the
solution of the problems facing the country. He said that none of the
large or influential parties of the country has remained outside the
coalition. It is incorrect to stipulate the distribution of various
spheres in the coalition memorandum because the goverment is a "common
organism" to implement the programs approved by the parliament. At
the same time G. Sahakian underlined that by the coalition memorandum,
the parties assume considerable obligations and they should have some
leverage to fulfil them.
As regards the distribution of positions among the coalition forces,
G. Sahakian said that such discussions have not yet been held by the
coalition or the parties. However, in his words, it is desirable for
any RPA member that the prime minister will be from the RPA. There
is a necessity for political solution of this problem with respect
to the coalition. The RPA deputy chairman stated that experience and
competence of the government’s head and members are more important
than their party affiliation.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
