Vardan Bostanjyan: "HAK will never aggravate the situation"
April 28 will not declare the final watershed between the authorities and opposition, Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) MP Vardan Bostanjyan and New Times Party (NZhK) Leader Aram Karapetyan said on Wednesday.
"The day of the watershed is far off as the authorities have met some of the demands of the Armenian National Congress (HAK)," said the NZhK leader.
The word "watershed" is used incorrectly in this situation. The term is generally applied when speaking about enemies. In fact, HAK was formed on the basis of the Pan-Armenian National Movement (HHSh) - a party which never created strained or aggravated situation in the country. Let us not forget that we won a historic victory," said Vardan Bostanjyan.
The BHK MP says the authorities have met two of the HAK's demands but they cannot satisfy the third demand before Thursday, April 28. Bostanjyan considers them to be concerns rather than demands which the authorities agreed to share.
Unlike the other pro-government representatives, Bostanjyan does not blame the March 2008 clashes on the opposition.
"I do not think that any political force in Armenia was capable of inciting the clashes. They were a mere accident," said the BHK MP.
Speaking about Armenia's economic state, Vardan Bostanjyan said that the global financial crisis has affected the quality of governance during the past three years.
The NZhK leader is concerned about Armenia's external debt which totals $ 6 billion.
The opponents agreed that the loans are used inefficiently in the country. Unlike Aram Karapetyan who laid the blame on the government, Bostanjyan said it is useless to find guilty sides.
As to the reports that Armenia's foreign debt is equal to the property of Robert Kocahryan which makes $4 billion, Bostanjyan said he did not believe the rumours while Karapetyan said that the issue should be studied by relevant bodies.
