Is Europe being courteous?
The members of the Monitoring Committee are not dumb. I know because I have worked with them for five years. I know their European ethics and that their appraisal is simply a formality. They know very well what is going on in Armenia," said today leader of the Armenian Liberal Party, former head of the Armenian delegation to the PACE Hovhannes Hovhannisyan.
According to Head of the RA Delegation to the PACE David Harutyunyan, the Monitoring Committee praised the legislative reforms undertaken in Armenia and attached importance to the process of law enforcement.
Hovhannes Hovhannisyan had this to say to that:
"Even the Russians are starting to realize that things can't go on like this for a long time. These authorities have neither the political resources to keep power nor the political will to start a dialogue with the opposition."
According to him, the May 31 elections are a great chance and not using that taking advantage of the elections as a chance for the government-opposition dialogue "would mean that the people don't feel a sense of responsibility towards the state and the nation."
Talking about the current economic crisis, Hovhannisyan remarked that the authorities want to put the burden of that strong word on their shoulders.
"All countries are trying to dissolve the economic and recession pressures, change the vector. These authorities are trying to take it on themselves. This is absurd and it is the mentality of a coward."
Hovhannisyan considered Levon Ter-Petrosyan's nomination as a rather grave political step on the part of the First President and the Armenian National Congress.
"This goes to show Levon Ter-Petrosyan's attitude towards society. He is also ready to take the path that leads to restoration of constitutional order," said member of the Armenian National Congress, leader of the Armenian Liberal Party Hovhannes Hovhannisyan.
