Authorities demanding from themselves?
Republican MP Gagik Melikyan is certain that the authorities and the ANC have been engaged in a dialogue for a long time now and that the start of a new dialogue is underway.
"Three years ago, Serzh Sargsyan called all political forces to a dialogue on foreign and domestic affairs, the economy and issues of the people's interest," Mr. Melikyan told "A1+".
Melikyan welcomes the ANC's willingness to engage in dialogue with the authorities. As for the ANC's three primary demands that the authorities fulfilled, Melikyan said the authorities hadn't fulfilled the ANC's demands.
The Republican MP says the demands of any force, including the ANC, are everyone's demands.
Was revealing the 10 deaths of 1 March 2008 the authorities' demand as well? In response, Mr. Melikyan said it was everyone's demand and added that the authorities demand revelation from the legal system. Taking into account that the legal system represents a wing of the government, "A1+" asked whether the authorities are demanding revelation of the events from themselves. In response, Gagik Melikyan said the authorities are demanding that from everyone who is obliged to use their powers.
Touching upon the ANC's statement that the ANC is ready to engage in dialogue on only one topic, and that is snap elections, the Republican MP said:
"That can't be a topic on the agenda at all because there are no prerequisites for snap parliamentary or presidential elections in the country."
Does this mean that there won't be a dialogue between the authorities and the ANC? In response, Mr. Melikyan said there would be a dialogue, but not on snap presidential or parliamentary elections.
