Political forces to cooperate upon condition
Most of the political forces haven’t decided yet in which format and in association with whom they will take part in the parliamentary elections of 2017. “If the matter is working in favor of the country, yes, we can cooperate. I don’t rule out that some forces may join us, Armenian Renaissance Party (HVK), as judging by the work, the feedback, which we have, we have a viewpoint that we will receive serous vote of trust. The rest will be decided by the people and God,” Rule of Law (OEK) faction Secretary Mher Shahgeldyan told “A1+”. OEK, which was renamed to HVK, is sure that they will overcome both the electoral and the NA stable majority threshold; they will not have problems with forming coalitions. “Our chances are high, there is no problem here, as the OEK in particular has always won the elections and has been presented in the NA. Depending of the post-electoral processes, we can cooperate with the political forces, if there are general approaches, projects,” notes Mher Shahgeldyan. There are 6 months left until the parliamentary elections, but many political forces have already come forward with the proposals of cooperation, for example, the Armenian National Congress (HAK). ‘Heritage’ party has its conditions for cooperation, “It is clear, that there should be our agenda on which there must be our vision connected with future Armenia and there should be consolidation around it, and not around the people, by announcing that there must be regime change. We understand that if there isn’t any program, which differs from the previous ones, we cannot consolidate,” highlighted “Heritage” lawmaker Zaruhi Postanjyan. At the moment “Heritage” cannot see the power, with which it would like to pass through the pre-election and post-election campaign. Besides, the party is confident of its powers; it can enter the campaign alone, “Of course, it isn’t the first time ‘Heritage’ has been taking part in the elections; overcoming the threshold isn’t a problem, we will overcome that threshold. Our issue is different; we propose system changes and their implementation,” says Zaruni Postanjyan. Irrespective of the fact that Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) is a coalition partner of Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF), the latter prefers to enter campaign alone. “We have always entered and participated separately, then, when the existing situations makes us take steps for solving issues, resort to compromises, yes, it is typical of the skills and experience of a political force, so that it can make a right decision on how to solve its problems in the particular situation,” thinks ARF faction Head Armen Rustamyan. ARF is ready to cooperate with all the forces, but it also has its preconditions, “Starting from the quartet, ARF has clearly presented its approaches and program, its political ideas and strategy. They haven’t changed until now and won’t change, unless someone proposes a real alternative,” says Armen Rustamyan. The political forces are sure on the eve of the elections, everybody will start making bombastic promises and statements. In this case the voters are to assess the situation and decide whose words correspond to their actions.
