IS ARF DASHNAKTSUTYUN UNAWARE OF KARABAKH LAWS?
Lragir.am
12-06-2007 15:50:30
On June 12 the Hayeli Club hosted Kiro Manoyan, who is in charge
of the Office of Hay Dat and Political Affairs of the ARF Bureau,
and the former prime minister of Armenia Hrant Bagratyan, to discuss
issues related to the Karabakh conflict. The media reported that the
presidential candidate Bako Sahakyan is not eligible because he did not
reside in Karabakh permanently over the past ten years. Our reporter
inquired from the spokesmen what the consequences of registration of
an ineligible candidate in Karabakh will be.
The ARF Dashnaktsutyun supports Bako Sahakyan. The representative of
the ARF Dashnaktsutyun Kiro Manoyan declined to comment on the laws
of Karabakh, but asked: "What did this man do in Moscow? For whom
did he work?" We reminded Kiro Manoyan that Bako Sahakyan used to be
the representative of the National Security of Armenia, not Karabakh,
to the capital of Russia.
"So is it illegal to live in Armenia to run in the presidential
election in Karabakh?" Kiro Manoyan asked. Hrant Bagratyan thinks there
is a problem. "People from Karabakh can do anything they want, whereas
we cannot." Hrant Bagratyan says the provision on permanent residency
was set down in the Constitution but not in the legislation, and if
the issue is reported to the Constitutional Court, the "Constitutional
Court will make a decision depending on whom it wants to please."