MAIN GOAL OF PROGRESSIVE PARTY OF ARMENIA IS PARTICIPATION IN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS AND OF ARMENIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT POWER SHIFT
Noyan Tapan
Apr 19 2007
YEREVAN, APRIL 19, NOYAN TAPAN. The Progressive Party of Armenia
takes part in the upcoming parliamentary elections with the motto
"Don’s Elect Us" and the main goal of the party considering itself
as centripetal is participation.
Chairman of Progressive Party of Armenia Tigran Urikhanian taking
part in the parliamentary elections by proportional system explained
the party’s motto in the following way at the dispute organized at
the Hayeli (Mirror) club on April 19: vacancies were announced and
the party submitted an application and if the people employs them
they will work. He said that in case of appearing in the parliament
the Progressive Party is going first of all to initiate elaboration
of bills on removing night clubs from tenement houses, as well as on
compensation of moral damage.
T. Urikhanian also stated that he has always held the opinion that
today the Republican Party of Armenia "can ensure country’s stability
and progress, success and gradual development."
Another participant of the dispute, member of Armenian National
Movement Board, Head of party’s youth wing Karen Karapetian, in his
turn, presented the main goal of ANM’s participation in the elections,
that is power shift and not getting over 5% barrier.
In his words, getting over 5% barrier and receiving several mandates in
the parliament is not sufficient for fulfilment of ANM’s main goal. In
the issue of power shift the party sees as its allies representatives
of right liberal wing of political field, with which it has political
communities. Besides, ANM is ready to cooperate with any political
force, which will announce that the current authorities "are illegal,
it can be said, are a criminal regime."
In K. Karapetian’s words, ANM realizes very well that they need to
"give an "ideological force to the current parliament almost deprived
of ideology," as the current parliament has been turned into "the
adjunct of two figures, Robert Kocharian and Serge Sargsian."
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
