ARF-D member critical of Prosperous Armenia over changed position

ARF-D member critical of Prosperous Armenia over changed position

15:28 * 08.02.15

Armenia has always been at war. So what is the reason the same people
supported parliamentary government at that time, Head of the Armenian
Revolutionary Federation Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D) parliamentary group
Armen Rustamyan told Tert.am as he commented on a statement Chairman
of the Prosperous Armenia party Gagik Tsarukyan made at a meeting of
non-coalition political forces and civil movements.

According to Mr Tsarukyan, Armenia’s governance model must not be
changed now that Azerbaijan is committing daily ceasefire violating
and threatening with large-scale hostilities.

“Nineteen of the 27 members of the European Union (EU) have
parliamentary government, and the fact of Armenia being at war should
not be recalled now,” Mr Rustamyan said.

He highlights amendments to Armenia’s election law.

The ARF-D has been proposing parliamentary government, as well as
changes in the election system, for 25 years.

“We said that properly held elections were not enough. We saw it in
1990 and 1991, when elections were properly held, but democracy was
not easily established. So we need a system that properly elected
authorities should not be corrupted,” Mr Rustamyan said.

Any authorities are inclined to corruption and abusing their power in
their own interests.

“It is to rule it out that we speak of system reforms. They do not do
it, trying to explain to us something that has never been practiced
worldwide,” he said.

Armenia needs authorities of new quality, elections must not be rigged
and authorities must not use the government in their own interests.

“I accept this all and can put my signature to it. Yes, we need that,
but how can we achieve this aim on our own will.”

Mr Rustamyan calls for accepting the ARF-D’s proposals for radical
system reforms.

“We proposed measures to preventing people in power from using their
government posts in their own interests – other branches of power must
prevent such developments. It is in this way that a country is made a
real country.

“So you think people like Sarkozy or Hollande are so good and guided
by will alone? No, they cannot do anything because the system will not
allow them to. If they want to do anything to the detriment of the
French people, they cannot. The French people reached this government
system in four stages.”

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress