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It’s noted in the Prosperous Armenia’s program that the problems before Armenia can be solved only in the case of having the public’s trust, high values, honest aims and consolidation and cooperation of political entities and individuals professing lofty ideas, said Prosperous Armenia (BHK) MP Naira Zohrabyan today during a discussion organized by the Yerevan Press Club titled “Aims, Problems, Obstacles and Possibilities of Political Dialogue in Armenia.”
“The Prosperous Armenia party has always said political entities who, I’m sure all, are interested in having a better, more prosperous Armenia can put aside their differences, which shouldn’t get in the way of dialogue,” she said.
Zohrabyan said she noticed sentiments were softening recently between opposing political poles, which is welcoming for BHK.
Heritage Party representative Armen Martirosyan agreed with his colleague, noting that real dialogue is advantageous, if, of course, it includes no imitative processes.
“Regretfully, until now, we are dealing exclusively with imitative processes. There can’t be dialogue between the authorities and the opposition if, indeed, the opposition doesn’t participate in the system governing the country and is not guaranteed participation by law. There cannot be dialogue the aim of which is kept secret from the public,” he said.
Martirosyan further said that the bodies defined by the Constitution don’t fulfill their functions; instead, “some Public Council is formed, which bears no responsibility before the public.”
On the topic of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan’s meeting with leaders of different political parties in Armenia, the Heritage Party MP is of the opinion that such events are organized as a way of simply checking off items on a list.
“I can’t say which opposition [group] the authorities are dialoguing with, because the opposition itself is diversified,” he said, adding, however, that Armenia’s leadership hasn’t changed since 1991.
“There was simply a change of figures, but in terms of content, a change in regime, which through elections the opposition acquires, achieves victory and comes to power — we have not witnessed such a phenomenon. When the opposition achieves power through honest elections, there exists no better dialogue,” Martirosyan concluded.