“Gagik Tsarukyan is a guarantor so that there be no regime change” (video)
“Rating list will be a list of self-cleaning for the Republican Party of Armenia (HHK),” the NA HHK faction lawmaker Lernik Aleksanyan told journalists. According to his words, Republicans will fight for being included in the rating list. The lawmaker also touched upon the alliances, noting that most of them aren’t based on ideology: “I can see that they are trying to create an imitation of ideological basis, but anyway individuals matter as well as resources. The process of formation of alliances is for coming to power, for receiving mandates. There are small parties, which prefer to join any alliance in order to have a place in the NA.” SC former lawmaker Vigen Khachatryan thinks that the rating list is for the HHK to get votes, “Without a rating list the HHK would receive 3 or 15 percent votes. But now those people will ensure the votes of the HHK. As we have an institution of ensuring votes and not voting.” According to the words of Mr Khachatryan, Serzh Sargsyan resorted to the parliamentary elections for the reproduction of his authority, “If the parliamentary system was such a good thing, he should have put down his powers, but he has been in power for already a year. As a result of the government of the recent 25 years, we have had a one man’s authority, as they tried to strengthen their authority instead of strengthening the society and economy. There will be no quality changes after these elections, no atmosphere of trust will be established,” he said. Political expert Karen Kocharyan added that as of now only two people have high rating in the political field; they are Karen Karapetyan and Gagik Tsarukyan, “In terms of party, the HHK has real chances, but not because people like it, but it has serious human and financial resources. Tsarukyan alliance also has chances, but its voters, who were ready to resort to revolution or deep changes, do not stand by him anymore.” In reply to this Vigen Khachatryan added that Gagik Tsarukyan is Serzh Sargsyan’s guarantor so that there be no regime change.
