Didn't agree with the game Putin-Medvedev
Armenia's chief Marxist David Hakobyan qualified Robert Kocharyan's evaluation of Armenia's economic policies as "perfect deception and theft."
The Marxist especially didn't like Kocharyan's statement according to which he left a brilliant economy to Serzh Sargsyan. "I consider throwing the blame on the current government for the criminal economic apparatus that he created as a profligate statement. Change of power is a historical need today."
David Hakobyan believes Robert Kocharyan is planning a political revanche. "The interviews by Oskanyan and Kocharyan show that they are planning a political revanche for Armenia. If they didn't come to terms during a behind-the-scenes discussion with Serzh Sargsyan on the issue of the prime minister, in other words, the Putin-Medvedev game, going against each other is a predetermined confrontation."
David Hakobyan says the conflict between Robert Kocharyan and Serzh Sargsyan will lead to the emergence of a third power. "The time of false democrats and the so-called reformists is over." Who can be that third power? In response, Hakobyan said: "The third power will be the president that can effectively structure the state apparatus in the 21st century. I am talking about a new person."
Unlike David Hakobyan, ARF Supreme Body representative Armen Rustamyan welcomes Robert Kocharyan's interview. "Once I even said that Levon Ter-Petrosyan shouldn't have stayed silent for 10 years. Did you want Kocharyan to stay silent for 10 years as well? We need the experience of those people. They shouldn't leave politics after their term because they can turn into a topic of debate. It is a fact that the situation is very serious today. Armenia currently faces a crisis in economic management."
According to Rustamyan, Kocharyan presented the facts that are impossible to refute. "We truly had an economic growth. Now, the government is trying to link everything to the global economic crisis. The people who talk about that must remember that they were not talking about the crisis at all and said that the crisis would circumvent Armenia."
After the ARF welcomed the interviews with Kocharyan and Oskanyan, rumors are flying around that Kocharyan, Oskanyan, BHK (Prosperous Armenia) and the ARF have joined forces to take the power from the HHK (Republican Party of Armenia). What do you have to say about that? In response, Rustamyan said: "I officially announce that there is no such alliance. We are a socialist party." So, are the Dashnaks friends with Kocharyan and Oskanyan? In response, Rustamyan said that socialism should not be mixed with friendship. "We don't link our activities with Kocharyan's activity." Rustamyan believes Robert Kocharyan doesn't want to be prime minister. He simply says that the economic policies of the current government are not the continuation of his policies.
