WILL KOCHARYAN FOLLOW PUTIN?

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Will the model of “Yedinaya Russia” and Vladimir Putin relations be imitated in Armenia, in case of the “Republican Party of Armenia” and Kocharyan or the “Prosperous Armenia” party and Kocharyan further collaboration? The agenda of the “Prosperous Armenia” party does not include the issue of proposing Kocharyan as the party’s leader. Baghdasar Mheryan, press secretary of the “Prosperous Armenia” party informed this to “A1+”.

The “Republican Party of Armenia” excluded this possibility: “Our press is misled by the political processes in other countries and is trying to find similar cases in the political field of Armenia. Of course, the international experience should be used in Armenia, this is my opinion. But imitation of political developments in Russia has nothing in common with the political reality in Armenia, with the plans of Robert Kocharyan and is a simple attempt to create a new interest”, said Armen Ashotyan, deputy of the “Republican Party of Armenia”.

“It is obvious, that the experience of the RA President, his knowledge and his relations with international political figures may contribute Armenia, just like the political heritage of the first president Levon Ter-Petrosyan for the sake of maintaining the Republic of Armenia”, said Ashotyan. As to the Kocharyan’s appointment to the post of the Prime Minister, Ashotyan considers: “It is soon to speak about the possible candidates of the Prime Minister’s post, until the end of the presidential elections”.

Aghasy Yenokyan considers the implementation of the Russian model in Armenia quite possible and does not think that it is the most possible version. “The President has got serious levers and I do not think that the next President would like to see Robert Kocharyan in the post of the Prime Minister”, said Yenokyan. “Even Serge Sargsayan?” – to our question the politician said: “Yes, he will not like, definitely”.

Although, the RA Constitution restricted the competences of the president and gave more advantages to the prime minister, Yenokyan thinks: “In any case the president is the boss in Armenia who makes orders”. According to Yenokyan, the Constitution will be violated in future as well. “That is a misfortunate custom in our country”.

The issue of the authorities was solved during the parliamentary elections taking the Constitution as a basis”, said Shavarsh Kocharyan, head of the “National Democratic Party”. “There is an essential difference. Putin did it before the parliamentary elections, while in Armenia parliamentary elections are in the past”. Shavarsh Kocharyan did not exclude other possibilities as well: “It will be more logical if he had done it before the parliamentary elections”, said Shavarsh Kocharyan.

Politician Tigran Karapetyan does not exclude any possibility, but he notices: “The prime minister may be powerful if the majority supports him”. But Tigran Karapetyan is bothered with the problem of Yerevan Mayor. “Will the future Mayor be in the situation of a marionette or not? The situation in the political field is getting complicated”, concluded Mr Karapetyan.