Today political scientist Yervand Bozoyan predicted that the ANC would not have its own candidate for the presidential election, but would rally around a certain pole, a certain program. www.aravot.am inquired of Vahagn Khachatryan, a member of the ANC, whether he considered the political scientist’s prediction possible. “There are no such discussions in our organization. There are discussions on general ideas, not on persons. The thing is to rescue the country from this situation, which is a common idea.”
In Mr. Khachatryan’s words, Levon Ter-Petrossian will decide the issue of nomination, and if he is nominated, big changes will take place on the political stage, “After his nomination, you cannot assess the change, perhaps, it will be a storm. That is why the Republican Party is more active to prevent actions, to prevent Ter-Petrossian’s nomination.”
As for why the ANC leader hasn’t announced his candidacy yet, Mr. Khachatryan explained that it was Ter-Petrossian’s style: “He has a better perception of both his nomination and that office, responsibility and the future – his abilities to advance the country.”
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Talking about the mocking remark of Galust Sahakyan, the deputy leader of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), made lately that the whole society and Diaspora are anxious to know when, at what time Levon Ter-Petrossian would announce his candidacy and one shouldn’t make the society so anxious, he said, “Yeah, they expect this government to resign, they cannot stand this government, I mean not only the distant Diaspora, but also Russia. I have contacts, I talk to those people and they are surprised how we survive, they say, ‘Till when can we send that money?’”
As for G. Sahakyan’s comparing the ANC with the most boastful forest animal, the hare, Mr. Khachatryan responded, “For me, Galust Sahakyan has remained the Galust Sahakyan of the 1990s, when he was my inferior.”
Arpine SIMONYAN
