HAIK BABUKHANYAN INTERVIEWED ON RESIGNATION OF CRU CHAIRMAN
Panorama.am
15:25 22/09/06
After the resignation of Hrant Khachatryan, Constitutional Right
Union (CRU) chairman, everybody is interested in what’s going on in
the party. Today Panorama.am interviewed the acting chairman of CRU,
Haik Babukhanyan.
– Mr. Babukhanyan, what is the situation in CRU after Hrant
Khachatryan’s resignation? Everybody is working.
We have held sessions of chairmanship and executive board. All services
and committee are working in their normal realm. The regional and
community units are also working as normal.
– Some mass media outlets made an impression that with the resignation
of Hrant Khachatryan your dream has come true. Have you ever dreamt
that Hrant Khachatryan resigns? I have never dreamt of leading the
party. On the contrary, I had a wish that Hrant Khachatryan stays
as the head of the party. I have told the conference and will repeat
that he is the honorable chairman of the party. But every person has
the right to choose what to be busy with. Taking up the leadership
is an extra burden and responsibility for me.
– In fact do you take up the post of the party’s head?
According to the charter and our conference decision, yes, in case
the head of the party resigns, I take up his responsibilities.
– Mr. Babukhanyan, before his departure Hrant Khachatryan said he
has several demands. What is your reaction to them and will they be
called to life? I accept them as normal. His wishes are our wishes. We
have never had arguments in this regard. There will be no problems
in that sense.
-How did you depart with ex-chairman of CRU, as friends or…?
– Not only we are partners, we are political friends.
In my case, I consider Mr. Khachatryan as my friend.
– What are your reactions to Hrant Khachatryan’s supporters who blame
you in financial misappropriations?
– I myself am part of Mr. Khachatryan’s team.
– I mean after disagreements and disputes.
Both before the dispute and after it I am against that there will be
such a notion as "Mr. Khachatryan’s supporters" because I am personally
his supporter.
When our conference elected him as a chairman, it means all the
delegates supported him. We think people should be free and decline
from using words like "supporters, people of the same team."
As far as some party members are concerned who have used libel
through statements and newspapers (Babukhanyan is speaking about
Karen Vardanyan who said Babukhanyan has misappropriated funds),
they have performed the order of the state in order to create
disagreements within the party. An application is forwarded to
the supervision committee to check what they say. So, it will be
checked how truthful these statement are. If they meet the reality,
corresponding conclusions will be drawn. If they don’t, the libelers
will give an answer according to our charter.
/Panorama.am/