ACCORDING TO ARMEN RUSTAMIAN, IF ARFD WINS YEREVAN COUNCIL OF ELDERS ELECTIONS, PROBLEMS ACCUMULATED IN ALL SPHERES WILL BE SOLVED
NOYAN TAPAN
MAY 4, 2009
YEREVAN
There are two opposite extreme approaches in Armenia’s home
political sphere to Yerevan Council of Elders elections. Armen
Rustamian, a Representative of the ARFD Armenian Supreme Body,
expressed such an opinion at the May 4 preelection meeting with ARFD
supporters. In his words, the first approach is that allegedly the
May 31 Council of Elders elections are the continuation of the 2008
presidential elections and by winning them it will be possible to
achieve a power shift. Such way of thinking, as A. Rustamian stated,
is misunderstanding, as a result of which ordinary voters will be
disappointed.
According to the ARFD figure, the second extreme approach is that
Council of Elders elections have purely local significance and
are aimed at solution of purely communal problems. According to
A. Rustamian, the reality is that the Council of Elders to be formed
by the May 31 elections will work within the framework of the formed
political system by becoming the body reserving its disgraceful
phenomena. The ARFD representative assured that if ARFD wins,
Yerevan’s power will rehabilitate country’s power system. "If ARFD
forms the Council of Elders, the problems accumulated in all spheres
will be solved, and a Yerevan resident will consider Yerevan its home,
where he will find compassionate attitude," A. Rustamian concluded.