Dialogue against Kocharyan?
Head of the "Politeconomia" Research Center Andranik Tevanyan says snap elections are possible in the case of a force-majeur situation in Karabakh.
"Serzh Sargsyan needs to engage in dialogue with the Armenian National Congress (HAK) in order to use Levon Ter-Petrosyan's audience," Tevanyan told "A1+". He added that there are no huge differences between the two forces in terms of loyalty and ideology, especially in relation to Armenian-Turkish and Armenian-Azerbaijani relations.
With that said, Tevanyan is certain that the dialogue will be between forces with the same mindset. According to him, in terms of ideology, Serzh Sargsyan and Levon Ter-Petrosyan have already engaged in dialogue after the 2008 presidential elections when Serzh Sargsyan launched the Armenian-Turkish "football diplomacy". Andranik Tevanyan says a dialogue in the format of delegations is already taking place publicly and directly around a table, not behind the scenes.
According to him, that goes to show that Serzh Sargsyan needed Levon Ter-Petrosyan's support. Why? Tevanyan explained: "The government's economic policy failed, Serzh Sargsyan failed in the football diplomacy and the country's foreign policy has led to negative consequences. Serzh Sargsyan needed that dialogue to distract the society's attention from the most important structural problems. I fear that this dialogue is also aimed at ensuring consolidation between Serzh Sargsyan and Levon Ter-Petrosyan in terms of the Karabakh conflict."
The politologist says the cooperation between Serzh Sargsyan and Levon Ter-Petrosyan is against Robert Kocharyan. "The cooperation between Serzh Sargsyan and Levon Ter-Petrosyan will not meet the state and public interests."
According to him, for the political field and further developments, it would be better if Serzh Sargsyan and Levon Ter-Petrosyan united, for instance, participated in the upcoming NA elections together and announced that they had no disagreements regarding domestic and foreign affairs for the most part. "Both sides are imitating and maintaining their positions to a certain extent. Of course, Levon Ter-Petrosyan wouldn't be against taking power, but since he doesn't believe in that and has become weak, he only sees the issue of maintaining his positions," says Andranik Tevanyan, adding that the RA First President is not demanding Serzh Sargsyan's resignation because he supports the latter.
