CREATION OF BHP WAS ARMENIAN AUTHORITIES’ PLAN, NZP CHAIRMAN CONSIDERS
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 16, NOYAN TAPAN. The creation of the Bargavach
Hayastan (Prosperous Armenia) Party is the political plan of Armenian
authorities. Aram Karapetian, Chairman of Nor Zhamanakner (New Times)
Party, expressed such opinion in his interview to Noyan Tapan
correspondent.
In his words, the goal of that plan is to create a possibility for
current President Robert Kocharian to continue playing an active part
in the political life after the 2008 presidential
elections. A. Karapetian said that the Bargavach Hayastan is only part
of this plan: currently the authorities form a team of President’s
supporters, and he promised to publish later information about
political forces and figures to be included in this team.
As A. Karapetian affirmed, Bargavach Hayastan’s Chairman Gagik
Tsarukian was involved in politics against his will. In his words,
some attempts to create parties by "business program" have been made
by now in the post-Soviet area, but they were not crowned with
success. One cannot be a successful businessman and at the same time
be engaged in politics, the evidence of which, in NZP’s Chairman, are
examples of renowned businessmen Berezovski, Gusinski and
Khodarkovski. A. Karapetian said that the Bargavach Hayastan will
hardly become a serious political factor, either.
As A. Karapetian affirmed, the main political rearrangements in
Armenia will not be conditioned by results of parliamentary
elections. In his words, external factors, in particular, the events
forecast in the region, will have an essential impact on this process.