“Aravot” carries an editorial on the 91st anniversary of the establishment of a short-lived independent Armenian republic. “The leaders of the First Republic were not idiots or traitors,” says the paper. “They were mostly educated and sophisticated persons, real patriots. The disastrous mistakes which they really committed resulted from the fact that the premise of their policy was wrong. It was not about creating a strong, stable and competitive state but achieving a maximalist solution to the Armenian Cause with a romantic vision. Suffice it to say that they managed to go to war even with Georgia. Having said that, the First Republic is one of our historical achievements.”
Health Minister Harutiun Kushkian, the Prosperous Armenia Party’s (BHK) candidate for Yerevan mayor, assures “168 Zham” that there is no “confrontation” between the parties represented in Armenia’s government. “Of course, it is unfortunate that we did not avoid some unpleasant incidents, but it is not serious to present them as a confrontation between the two parties,” he says. “Unfortunately, our electoral culture is such that sometimes it is not possible to avoid unpleasant incidents in the lower echelons.” Kushkian also admits that the BHK’s owes its political clout and popularity to its leader, businessman Gagik Tsarukian.
“In the past one and a half years our opposition colleagues have made so many unrealistic forecasts that one more or less [such forecast] doesn’t change much,” Eduard Sharmazanov, the spokesman for the Republican Party of Armenia (HHK), tells “Hayots Ashkhar.” “According to those predictions, the Karabakh conflict should have been resolved, Russia driven out of the region, the composition of the Minsk Group co-chairs changed by the end of last year … They understand that they are losing their voters and have no chance to win. That is why they say silly things.”
“In reality, Serzh Sarkisian is trying to disgrace Robert Kocharian with a judicial disgrace in order to get out of the shadow of his power,” “Zhamanak” says, commenting on the trials of arrested opposition members. The opposition paper claims that Sarkisian is also keen to strip Prosecutor-General Aghvan Hovsepian of a “moral right to make any complaints to the authorities and Serzh Sarkisian.” It says the high-profile trials are a “great opportunity for Serzh Sarkisian to shut up the prosecutor’s office.”
(Aghasi Yenokian)
Health Minister Harutiun Kushkian, the Prosperous Armenia Party’s (BHK) candidate for Yerevan mayor, assures “168 Zham” that there is no “confrontation” between the parties represented in Armenia’s government. “Of course, it is unfortunate that we did not avoid some unpleasant incidents, but it is not serious to present them as a confrontation between the two parties,” he says. “Unfortunately, our electoral culture is such that sometimes it is not possible to avoid unpleasant incidents in the lower echelons.” Kushkian also admits that the BHK’s owes its political clout and popularity to its leader, businessman Gagik Tsarukian.
“In the past one and a half years our opposition colleagues have made so many unrealistic forecasts that one more or less [such forecast] doesn’t change much,” Eduard Sharmazanov, the spokesman for the Republican Party of Armenia (HHK), tells “Hayots Ashkhar.” “According to those predictions, the Karabakh conflict should have been resolved, Russia driven out of the region, the composition of the Minsk Group co-chairs changed by the end of last year … They understand that they are losing their voters and have no chance to win. That is why they say silly things.”
“In reality, Serzh Sarkisian is trying to disgrace Robert Kocharian with a judicial disgrace in order to get out of the shadow of his power,” “Zhamanak” says, commenting on the trials of arrested opposition members. The opposition paper claims that Sarkisian is also keen to strip Prosecutor-General Aghvan Hovsepian of a “moral right to make any complaints to the authorities and Serzh Sarkisian.” It says the high-profile trials are a “great opportunity for Serzh Sarkisian to shut up the prosecutor’s office.”
(Aghasi Yenokian)