LEADER OF DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF ARMENIA: RA AUTHORITIES ONLY STIR UP INTEREST IN FIGURE OF FIRST PRESIDENT LEVON TER-PETROSYAN BY THEIR ACTIONS
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2007-10-29 11:41:00
ArmInfo. "By their reciprocal actions for activation of the first
President Levon Ter-Petrosyan, the present authorities artificially
stir up interest of the protest electorate in his person", leader
of the oppositional Democratic party of Armenia Aram Sargsyan told
ArmInfo.
"Representatives of different branches of the power vertical should
resolve their relations by themselves, while, having no facts bout the
existing discrepancies, we can only talk about the present specific
situation.
Today’s wide protest electorate has to determine its attitude to the
presidential contenders, moreover, this will happen the next two
months. In any case, I would not dramatize the situation with the
first President’s activation", A. Sargsyan said.
Having emphasized that it is yet early to talk about consolidation
of the protest electorate, A. Sargsyan considers it unacceptable "to
make choice between the good and bad", therefore, the first president
cannot be considered an alternative to the present authorities. "When
the people compare the both camps, they will have to refuse of both
of them. If serious candidates and political forces appear on the
political arena with their programmes and an exact foreign political
orientation, the voters will have a choice. And if the election
campaign develops based on today’s negative backgrounds, I do not
rule out that the majority of the people will be disappointed and
will not go to the polls", A. Sargsyan forecasts.
Talking of possibility of consolidation of the protest electorate
around one central oppositional candidate, despite availability of
several ones, as it was during the previous 2003 presidential election,
the Democratic party leader expressed confidence that there are no
such backgrounds as yet. He added that the authorities themselves
should create conditions for holding normal election, where we see
no progresses so far.