Minister
of Defense Serge Sargsian replied to "Aravot’s" questions during the
meeting with journalists.- Mr. Sargsian you declared some days ago that
you will speak about your membership into any party in a week but that time has
already expired and you haven’t issued a statement, tell about your position,
future projects and whether you are going to become the RPA member.- What
does "the time has already expired" mean, have you asked me the tenth
day and I haven’t answered? I have already applied to the council of the Republican
Party for becoming the party member.- Is it true that the PM Andranik Margarian
will send in his resignation after the coming RPA special session and Serge Sargsian
will fill the post of the Prime Minister?- This is invented news with its
implications and aims. That time will also pass, and everybody will see that those
persons neither have a political sense of smell nor they can predict political
processes in the republic for the coming two weeks. – According to the political
analyses the most real candidate of the presidential elections in 2008 is Minister
of Defense Serge Sargsian. Are you going to nominate your candidacy and if yes,
will your political support be only the RPA or other political powers, too?-
In any case, we’ll speak about it after parliamentary elections because if the
RPA and its supporting powers don’t have a serious presence, it will be meaningless
to speak about the future steps. When we see we have a support, if we see our
people approve our ideas, our projects, why not.- A lot of famous businessmen
don’t hide that they are going to become the RPA member because Serge Sargsian
is also going to become. Your opinion about it.- I don’t think only businessmen
will become the RPA member. It is also a selected approach. People who intend
to criticize, libel me, they aren’t so clever writing about omissions and condemning
me but the society don’t often agree with them. Is it bad when a part of businessmen
pin their hopes on me? If there were no businessman in this country it wouldn’t
develop. The businessmen must be encouraged.- If you become the President
of the Republic in 2008 where will Robert Kocharian be and what post will he fill?-
You know very well that I don’t like to speak with "if". We have two
years. – What do you think about "Prosperous Armenia" party, as
there are publishing in the press that the activation of that party has been stopped
and the RPA is the reason of it.- Frankly speaking I don’t know about it.
I think the Republican shouldn’t have jealous approaches towards any demonstration.
Let me give an example from your beloved theme, chess. The coach of our combined
team Arshak Petrosian suggested after the 5th round in Turin and everybody agreed
with him as they all were thinking in that way. Let’s not pay attention to others
result, it must be all the same for us whether Russia will win or won’t, China
will lose or won’t etc. Let’s win our 3 points, 2,5 points, 4 points in each round
and nobody can win us. We must work ourselves. The Republican must make efforts
to have a bigger base don’t looking at others. I wish lack everybody who works.Margaret
Yesayan