CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS CALL FOR SAVING POLITICAL PROCESS
Lragir, Armenia
Nov 16 2006
The leader of the Christian Democratic Party of Armenia Khosrov
Harutiunyan thinks that economy cannot be separated from politics, and
if we want to have a competitive economy, we must have a "political
system able to make effective political decisions in any sphere of
the public life. I am inviting all the political parties: let us
save the political process." The leader of the Christian Democratic
Union presented his standpoint to the news reporters on November
16. Khosrov Harutiunyan thinks that the best way to reach this is
to step up political struggle instead of struggle for power, when
the political teams of the political parties struggle, when before
the election the political teams of the political parties present
the pattern of the future parliament to the public, they say who
the minister of science or culture is going to be. In this case,
according to Khosrov Harutiunyan, the finance and the number of
the members of the party will not be the only and deciding factor,
"Everyone who has something to say and does not have money will be
able to become involved in the political struggle."
Of course, the leader of the Christian Democratic Party does not think
that the financial factor can be ignored completely, but he is for
the existence of "political teams which make effective political
decisions" and he thinks "the purpose of the political parties
should not be coming to power but having a positive influence on the
processes underway in the public life and politics." Thus the factor
of the personality will diminish in the political processes. And
now the political forces are thinking about coming to power and "if
you want to be a minister, you have to do two things: guess who the
prime minister will be and do him a favor." The Christian Democratic
Party thinks that today the Republican Party, the ARF Dashnaktsutyun
and maybe also Bargavach Hayastan have the potential to present a
political team. There is no such force in the opposition but it is
commendable that alliances with an ideological basis are outlining.
Khosrov Harutiunyan is for criticizing the governments, against
swearing, and he also thinks that the success of the present government
is the success of all the previous governments. "Newton says I could
see far because I was standing on the shoulders of the giants."
The leader of the Christian Democratic Union says the media have
an important role in saving the political process. Today, however,
he says there are no serious analyses in the media, "I had expected
more from the media."
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
