Will HAK's proponents join the ARF-Dashnaktsutyun?
The leader of the People's party, Tigran Karapetyan hopes that the ARF-Dashnaktsutyun will withdraw from the coalition.
"The ARF has to leave the coalition otherwise it will disappear as a party," Mr. Karapetyan told a press conference today.
The leader of the People's party condemns an April 22 Armenia-Turkey memorandum and lays the blame on the Armenian Foreign Minister. "I condemn the agreement as it is illegitimate; especially the provision referring to Kars is an absurd. When the agreement of Kars was signed, the Soviet Union was not formed and the parties were not empowered to sign an agreement," says Mr. Karapetyan.
"The Republican Party (HHK) will likely win the upcoming mayoral election. The Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) and the Armenian National Congress (HAK) will compete for the second place," says Mr. Karapetyan.
Tigran Karapetyan notes that the electorate of HAK's leader Levon Ter-Petrosyan has considerably reduced after the presidential election of 2008. At the same time, he doesn't exclude that the wave of protest may hot up after the mayoral election.
"The ARF-Dashnaktsutyun will become a moderate opposition. Most likely, HAK adherents will join the ARF," added Mr. Karaptyan.
"The People's party is sure to pass the 7-percent threshold," stated Tigran Karapetyan.
