RECIPE FOR SERZH SARKISSIAN
Support A1+!“Serzh Sarkissian must display political will and get rid of oligarchs,” People’s Party Leader Tigran Karapetian said today. Asked whether Serzh Sarkissian will be able to do it if he has won the election with their help, Karapetian said, “Not to rid but say that’s enough. He must say it is enough to evade taxes and enjoy privileges. It is high time you worked in the legal sphere. All the states have reached this point and they have said “that’s enough.” Oligarchs have already accumulated enough money to make investments. They shouldn’t use people’s savings.”
Tigran Karapetian thinks the president-elect must take drastic steps and meet people halfway. “Problems will not be solved through isolating people. People expect abrupt moves. Besides, there must be a dialogue with the opposition. Among abrupt changes it is necessary to remove 80 percent of the members of government as they are negatively perceived by people.”
Mr. Karapetian foresees the conditions the opposition will set forward: release of the arrestees and schedule of an early parliamentary election. “I also think that an early parliament election is a must today. It would be a moral move, because the current parliament was shaped in an immoral way.”
During today’s press conference journalists wondered whether the People’s Party Leader will run for Mayor of Yerevan if this post becomes elective after the adoption of the corresponding law.
“I think the post may be given to the ARF Dashnaktsutiun as a consolation although it can be too much for them,” he said.
Nevertheless, the People’s Party will run in the election of the Council of Yerevan because the more members they have in the council, the greater their chances to have the Mayor’s post will be as the next mayor will be elected by the council.
