HRAK Chairman: “ANC is the most influential force”
Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party of Armenia (HRAK) Edward Antinyan today announced that his party would be participating in the 2012 parliamentary elections and called on all political parties to participate individually because, according to him that would be the only right step to take.
Edward Antinyan didn't rule out the unification with other political forces.
"We know that a party needs incredible amounts of money to participate in elections and perhaps we will find those who share our ideology. If the country's national security is at risk, we might join national forces, but there is still no such issue on the agenda," said Antinyan, adding that their party would join liberal-democratic forces.
According to the chairman of the HRAK, after politics becomes idle in the summer, the society will come to its senses and there will be new formats in September.
"I don't think it is right for the whole opposition to go against the government and the Armenian National Congress. I think the society realized that Armenians' maximalist approach is always misused when people are told that everything will happen overnight," says Edward Antinyan.
Antinyan is certain that a common ideology and an exchange of views will be the most correct option. "The political force that manages to come to power should form an alliance after the elections. An alliance ahead of elections is not a good option."
Assessing the current state of affairs in the political field, Edward Antinyan considered the Armenian National Congress the force with the greatest influence on the field. "We have to come to grips with the fact that the ANC has gathered so many parties and the people are with the ANC."
Antinyan says the authorities managed to prevent social upheaval through Levon Ter-Petrosyan. "In 2008, Levon Ter-Petrosyan artificially intensified the situation and artificially calmed down. This was a process of tricking the electorate."
As far as the ANC-government dialogue is concerned, Edward Antinyan said the ANC had been sending public "messages" for several years, but the authorities had been rejecting.
