Sargsyan-Sefilyan meeting not ruled out (video)
None of the parliamentary factions will be next to Zhirayr Sefilyan who is going to overthrow the authorities on April 24 – on the day when Armenians around the world will be commemorating the victims of the Armenian Genocide. “One need not initiate or plan any event for that important day [April 24],” says Tevan Poghosyan, who represents the Heritage faction in the Armenian parliament. “We do not approve the idea of linking the political struggle with April 24. In fact, we are against the regime change even in the next few days,” said Armen Rustamyan, who heads the ARF-Dashnaktsutyun faction in parliament. Mr Rustamyan says the authorities are to stop Zhirayr Sefilyan from realizing his plans. The issue of joining Sefilyan’s movement is not put on the agenda of the Armenian National Congress (HAK) either. “We have not discussed the issue, and no one has asked us to join the initiative,” HAK Secretary Aram Manukyan told A1+. The Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) does not want Zhirayr Sefilyan to destabilize the political situation in the country. BHK member Mikael Melkumyan says ‘we should talk the issue over with Sefilyan and if necessary, dissuade him from the course of his actions.” BHK is not fighting against personalities in Armenia: the main evil threatening Armenians is Heydar Aliyev,” says BHK lawmaker Vahan Babayan. The Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) is against revolutionary appeals. Republicans believe that the authorities need to take preventive measures and do not rule out a meeting between Serzh Sargsyan and Zhirayr Sefilyan. Head of the HHK faction Vahram Baghdasaryan does not exclude that the two men may meet soon on some occasion, for example a birthday party or a wedding ceremony, and discuss the matter together.
