HAK: “4+4+4 format negotiations must last 2 weeks” (video)
Tomorrow 12 representatives of 4+4+4 format will start the negotiations over making 5 changes in the Electoral Code. “There it isn’t possible behind the back of the people make any dark deals even theoretically. It is done in presence of 12 people independently,” says the RA NA Armenian National Congress (HAK) faction head Levon Zurabyan. Levon Zurabyan will not be against if the whole process of the negotiations is broadcast live on TV as they have nothing to conceal from the public. Mr Zurabyan thinks that the authorities have no alternative; they must accept the opposition’s demand and make essential changes in the Electoral Code- publish the signed voter lists, clean the electoral lists and separate those, who are in Armenia, from those, who aren’t in Armenia, etc. The international organizations demand the same from Armenia. “The international community will not enter into economic cooperation with Armenia, if it doesn’t get clear guarantees, that finally free and fair elections will be held in Armenia.” Levon Zurabyan reminds that 5 provisions aren’t the caprice of the opposition, but the demand of the society. The journalist noted that there is no guarantee that the authorities will agree to make concessions and accept, for example, the publication of the lists: “We must fight so that it will be implemented,” he says. According to Levon Zurabyan it derives from the interests of the power to agree about the demands of the opposition. But if the opposition doesn’t reach its goal, there are other ways: “If there is mutual agreement with the public organizations, political forces, we also may take to the streets, who not?” By the way, Levon Zurabyan notes that the authorities cannot delay the negotiations and tire the public, as he will demand so that the negotiations last 2 weeks.
