Support, Spine and Farourite In One Party

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SUPPORT, SPINE AND FAVOURITE IN ONE PARTY
[03:57 pm] 21 May, 2007

`Pro-governmental forces, namely the Republican Party, had the
highest electoral during the May 12 parliamentary elections,’
Republican Armen Ashotyan announced during today’s press conference.

`The parliament elected in 2003 faced a problem of legitimacy. A major
achievement of the parliament of 2007 was that it solved the problem
of legitimacy. The absence of this problem allows stating that we have
formed a legitimate legislature in the Republic of Armenia, unlike
2003 when the society remained polarized in the post-electoral
period,’ Armen Ashotyan said.

In reply to the question whether the Republicans will collaborate with
extra-governmental forces, Ashotyan said, `The Republican Party is
ready to cooperate with all `healthy’ forces.’ Then he added, `Armenia
has political support, spine and favourite in the face of the
Republican Party.’

Presently no post-electoral process is expected. The rallies held by
the radical opposition are natural selection in the opposition. It is
clear that it will not have political consequences for the state. I
think a number of oppositional forces are undergoing this process, and
I think that an effort will be made to involve those who will undergo
this stage successfully in the presidential election,’ Armen Ashotyan
says. The right thing for the parties which were not elected to the
parliament will be consolidation on the basis of ideology.

Ashotyan wonders why the Orinats Yerkir Party has joined the rallies
and calls on its voters to join the rallies as the party has passed
the 5-percent benchmark. `The OYP wants to be involved in the rallies
along with the parliament `to get some more nuts from there,’ Ashotyan
says.