Gagik Beglaryan to be offered serious office?
Speaker of the Republican Party of Armenia, Vice-chairman of the National Assembly Eduard Sharmazanov doesn't see anything wrong with the election of former mayor of Yerevan Gagik Beglaryan as a delegate of the RPA's upcoming 13th congress.
"We elect nearly 1,700 delegates before the congress, and Beglaryan is one of those delegates. After resigning from the office of mayor of Yerevan, he remained a member of the RPA executive body and council. The RPA will hold a congress in February or March 2012," Sharmazanov told "A1+".
He neither denied nor confirmed the news that Gagik Beglaryan will be offered a serious office soon. "There has not been any official discussion on that. I don't comment on news."
Even though some RPA deputies have already declared that they will not be in the new parliament, Eduard Sharmazanov assures that the list of the RPA still hasn't been discussed. "We will touch upon that issue during the RPA congress, or after that."
Eduard Sharmazanov also recapped the year. "The greatest achievement for the RPA was the transition from the post-crisis situation to the stage of stabilization. We and our political opponents were able to establish a correct, civilized struggle. I expect to see a fight based on ideology and, why not, even sharp criticism in 2012 as well."
As for the government's decision on distributing 3 bottles of sunflower oil to 116,000 socially disadvantaged families as a New Year's gift, Sharmazanovo advised not getting offended by that. "Perhaps there were greater expectations, but if the government had the opportunity, it would have done more."
Which is the RPA's greatest flaw in 2011? The NA Vice-chairman had trouble answering this question and only mentioned that the people should state the flaws and give evaluations when they participate in the 2012 parliamentary elections.
Eduard Sharmazanov almost ruled out the continuation of the frozen ANC-Coalition dialogue in 2012. "In 2012, we will get ready for elections, and each force will have its political agenda. It is obvious that the opposition will start criticizing the government more so that it can garner the maximum amount of votes."
