OPPOSITIONIST ARAM MANUKYAN ON VARTAN OSKANIAN’S INTENTION TO JOIN PROSPEROUS ARMENIA PARTY
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02.15.2012
Armenian National Congress (HAK) member Aram Manukyan today called
former foreign minister of Armenia Vartan Oskanian’s recently stated
intention to join the Prosperous Armenia party (BHK) “a result of
Oskanian’s late blooming” and “a flippant move.”
“It’s regretful that a man matures at 60 years old and realizes that
he belongs to the [political] force. To be in politics for 20-25 years
and then realize that you belong to the party is not normal. The same
happened also in [Armenian Prime Minister] Tigran Sargsyan’s case,”
he said, referring to Sargsyan joining the ruling Republican Party
of Armenia.
Asked whether Oskanian wanting to become a BHK member is at the behest
of former president Robert Kocharian, Manukyan urged the journalist
not “to mention his name” (referring to Kocharian).
“It’s doesn’t matter who gave the directive – I don’t want to know.
What’s important is that a man is a toy, if a person needs to have
an owner. There’s a saying: what should the slave owner do if the
slave wants to remain a slave?” he said.
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