ARAM MANUKIAN DOES NOT SEE ANY PROHIBITION FOR FORMATION OF PRE-ELECTORAL ALLIANCE BETWEEN ANM AND "HANRAPETUTIUN" PARTY
Noyan Tapan
Jan 16 2007
YEREVAN, JANUART 16, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian National Movement (ANM)
party, like many other parties, is at the investigation-consulting
stage of the pre-electoral period when serious alliances were not
formed yet, but there are preconditions for their creation. Aram
Manukian, a ANM board member stated about it in the interview to
the Noyan Tapan correspondent. In his words, the ANM holds some
consultations concerning its own format of participation in the
elections with forces of the right liberal field. A.Manukian mentioned
that the ANM position concerning this issue will be defined in the
congress to take place in late February or early March.
A.Manukian stated that the ANM closely cooperates with the
"Hanrapetutiun" (Republic) party, and "there is no prohibition for
promoting joint pre-electoral campaign." In words of the ANM board
member, there are many people in the "Hanrapetutiun" party who are
creators, devoters of the independence, "boys remained clean."
In A.Manukian’s opinion, the criminal world, state administrative
resource and olygarches will compete in the 2007 elections with
political forces.
According to his foresight, Armenia will either appear in hands of
criminal elements or "again the liberal reformative forces will say
their serious word at the Parliament, and, consequently, will have
their serious activity in the inner and foreign policy of the RA." He
also mentioned that if the coming elections are falsified, Armenia
will finally be classified among the eastern backward countries and
it will be impossible to correct anything any more.