TER-PETROSYAN’S TEAM SUPPORTS KOCHARYAN

A1 Plus, 12 July, 2007

“Levon Ter-Petrosyan has not talked for 10 years and he is still silent. There are people around him who harm the activities of all opposition parties in the political field to free the field for Ter-Petrosyan’s return”, says Vazgen Manukyan, chairman of “National Democratic Union” (NDU). According to him these statements are done in favor of the authorities.

As the NDU leader noted, since 1994 the model of constructing a state has been carried out and Robert Kocharyan and Serge Sargsyan has not invented new things after Ter-Petrosyan. He considers that financial and ruling power is in the hands of 5-6 families and in the hands of 40-50 families which serve to the mentioned 5-6 families.

The society does not have any influence on the happenings in the country. Mr Manukyan also pointed out that the above mentioned individuals might cancel the elections, but “they have to obey to the West, which prioritizes the elections”. After 2008 presidential elections we may have another model, and according to the NDU leader, the life will show. “We must alter. The presidential elections should promote it. The nation needs a change. I will make an attempt to carry it out. I will take the responsibility on me. But the problem cannot be solved by one person only, the society should also contribute to that”.

As to a common candidate of the opposition, Mr Manukyan said: “Despite the bad sides of 2007, the year also brought good things and the opposition parties found their places in the real processes”. Even if the opposition wins during the presidential elections, there is a logical obstacle: “We need a very powerful constructive party against such authorities, which would involve social powers. But we do not have such a party in Armenia”.

By the way, Mr Manukyan excluded that Robert Kocharyan would sign a document on Nagorno-Karabakh problem before 2008 presidential elections.