“OCCASIONALLY KOCHARIAN SAYS CLEVER THINGS”

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“A president must serve national interests and democracy due to his personal qualities,” Alliance of National Democrats (AZhD) Leader Arshak Sadoyan says.

The AZhD will back Vazgen Manukian at the presidential election as he is gifted with unique personal characteristics.

During the 26 October rally Armenia’s former President Levon Ter-Petrossian announced about his intention to run for presidency. Didn’t Ter-Petrossian's announcement affect your stance?

Levon Ter-Petrossian’s nomination was considered for a long time. I have said many times that the first president had better second the coordinator of the Karabakh Committee Vazgen Manukian so that the acting authorities would not have a chance to nag at the faults or shortcomings. But my proposal was turned down.

And why doesn't Vazgen Manukian back the first president?

I don't find it expedient know. People strongly believe that the current criminal regime will be replaced by the former imperfect one, and no one will be able to combat it.

Will Robert Kocharian's announcement that the opposition will name a few candidates come true?

Kocharian occasionally says clever things. Obviously, Arthur Baghdasarian, Aram Karapetian and Tigran Karapetian will run in the election.

Can we speak of the opposition's victory in case there are a few presidential nominees?

I think the opposition had better support a joint candidate, Vazgen Manukian. Only in that case we shall be able to seize power. We shouldn't let authorities take measures, recall the vote tampering of the 1996 and try to choose the lesser of the two evils-Serzh Sarkisian.

TV Channels are presently actively engaged in propaganda against the first president. Doesn't it imply that the authorities see Ter-Petrossian as their main rival?

Ter-Petrossian's nomination is advantageous for the authorities but they cannot fight Vazgen Manukian with such primitive methods.

Knarik Isoyan