“Half-criminal parliament will not resign”
"Armenia's opposition is preparing for the parliamentary elections of 2012," Armenia's former Foreign Minister Alexander Arzumanian said November 3.
The opposition demands resignation of the president, rather than dissolution of the parliament. Mr. Arzumanian explains the opposition's demand by the acting Constitution: either the president disbands the parliament or the parliament takes a decision of resignation.
"I do not think that our parliament which consists of half-criminal elements will demonstrate high political consciousness to dissolve itself."
The former FM stressed that the opposition should name a united candidate in the next elections otherwise "we shall witness the repetition of 2007 when the opposition took only 21% of votes."
With regard to the amendments to the Electoral Code, Alexander Arzumanian said, "To conduct free and fair elections in the country we need to demonstrate political willpower."
All political prisoners will be released and internal problems of Armenia will be solved only in case Serzh Sargsyan resigns and free and fair elections are held in the country," he concluded.
