Heritage rejected the offer
After withdrawing from the coalition and declaring itself an alternative opposition, the ARF-Dashnaktsutyun was given a chance to retain the posts at the National Assembly's committees.
Speaker of the National Assembly Hovik Abrahamyan suggested Armen Rustamyan, Chairman of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Arthur Aghabekyan, Chairman of the Standing Committee on Defense, National Security and Interior Affairs, to take back their resignation letters.
The ARF-Dashnaktsutyun thanked for the proposal and promised to discuss it at the ARF's Supreme Council.
Under the NA time-limit, the party is to give an answer within free days.
"It is time we learned that the opposition and authorities shouldn't hold a hostile attitude towards each other. The culture isn't developed in our country yet." Dashnaktsutyun member Artyusha Shahbazyan said commenting on the NA Speaker's proposal.
Artyusha Shahbazyan couldn't say whether the Dashnaktsutyun will accept the proposal or not. He reminded the "Donti" resolution adopted by the National Assembly in autumn 2008 which foresees seats for the opposition in the parliamentary leadership. "This enables the opposition to have seats in the National Assembly instead of concluding bargains."
The resolution is not put into effect yet.
With regard to ARF's ministerial portfolios, Mr. Shahbazyan noted that the party received them as a result of a political agreement.
Note that the NA Speaker today offered the vacant posts at the Standing Committee to the Heritage party but the latter rejected the offer.
