MP: Serge Sargsyan’s Nomination Involves A Negative Tendency

`SERGE SARGSYAN’S NOMINATION INVOLVES A NEGATIVE TENDENCY’
Lragir.am
26 May 06
Commenting on the statement made by Garnik Isagulyan, adviser to
president, that Serge Sargsyan is the best-prepared presidential
candidate, and Robert Kocharyan will not run for the third term,
Member of Parliament Vahram Baghdasaryan, People’s Deputy, said, `In
these years we saw that this candidate is really prepared and is
well-aware of both home and foreign political situation, what
generally takes place in the country; he is not a fortuitous and new
figure to be debated. He has matured to be nominated president.’ For
the third term of Robert Kacharyan, Vahram Baghdasaryan said, `I am a
man of law. As all of us know, the Constitution of Armenia does not
provide for a third term.’
Member of Parliament Hrant Khachatryan, Ardarutiun Alliance, says free
and lawful elections must be held independent from the personality and
number of candidates. `Serge Sargsyan is not someone who fostered the
solution of these problems, and the nomination of Serge Sargsyan
involves a negative tendency that the elections will be held like the
previous ones,’ says Hrant Khachatryan, and disagrees that Serge
Sargsyan is the best-prepared candidate.
For Robert Kocharyan, Hrant Khachatryan noted that `in some cases
Garnik Isagulyan makes statements as a well-aware person. Yet in other
cases he either tries to create weather or to spoil weather. I find it
difficult to tell which case this is.’