"Heritage" will tell the ARF before the elections
Head of the board of "Heritage" party Armen Martirosyan told "A1+" today that the party still hasn't sent its call as an official proposal to the 6 political parties.
Before the ensuing or special NA elections, "Heritage" is calling on the HHK, BHK, OEK, the ARF and HAK to form a new, politically non-formal center in the format of a round-table.
"We propose to create a round-table without an initial agenda, and then place all key issues concerning the government and the opposition on the table and come to terms on a number of issues without preconditions," "Heritage" proposes.
"Heritage" says the opposition includes the ARF as well. But recently, the issue of ARF not representing the opposition at the PACE was raised. What was the principle by which you included the ARF in your call?
"We will try to take similar steps before the elections. In other cases, the people will evaluate the political parties. At the moment, the ARF has officially declared itself the opposition, but we don't want to come out of the range of official announcements," said Martirosyan.
The OEK (Country of Law) joined Serzh Sargsyan after the falsified presidential elections in 2008. What are the grounds for "Heritage" to think that the OEK will express a view that is different from the ruling party when it comes to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and the Turkish-Armenian relations? In response, Martirosyan said:
"The problem is that we are not evaluating the activities of political parties, but are trying to start consultations with the current role-players. If possible, we will also include other forces and, definitely, the Diaspora.
Armen Matirosyan wasn't able to say whether the Armenian side has said "yes" or "no" to the Madrid Principles, but mentioned: "The Madrid Principles are unacceptable for us. Within the framework of that document, the Armenian side is moving toward unilateral compromises. The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict cannot be solved without the direct participation of the NKR." Armen Martirosyan says representing Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh in the talks was Robert Kocharyan's mistake, which Serzh Sargsyan is continuing today.
"That is a known fact and there is no need to prove otherwise. We must have to correct the mistake," he said.
