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The dialogue between the opposition and the ruling coalition is a performance with a beautiful scenario, said People’s Party leader Tigran Karapetyan, while speaking to reporters in the Armenian capital on Wednesday.
According to him, the opposition resolves the issue of its coming to power through this dialogue.
“Basically, HHSh [Pan-Armenian National Movement] has to assume power — there’s no other issue. To become a part of government,” he said, adding that “HHSh’s aim is to get into parliament with a 10–12 person fraction [sic].”
Weighing in on the Armenian National Congress’ (HAK) 15 demands put forth to the authorities on Mar. 1 of this year, which Karapetyan occasionally referred to as HAK’s declaration points, the People’s Party leader said:
“In effect, we [are the ones who] have placed all the issues in the declaration as primary. HAK took 10–12 points from us, which it’s not pursuing.”
To Karapetyan’s statement that “The people have been disappointed by all,” a reporter asked if they have been disappointed by him (Karapetyan) as well, but the party leader specified, “Let me tell you, they [the people] have been disappointed by HAK.”
The people have been disappointed, in Karapetyan’s opinion, because they are waiting for resolute actions and no political force with principles exists in Armenia.
Karapetyan assured the press that his National Front will become active at the end of September and he hasn’t ruled out the possibility that he himself might take “resolute action.”
The party leader, however, excluded the possibility of forming an alliance with another political entity, noting that in Armenia’s political landscape, his team is the third force.
Karapetyan also said that he will be running in the 2013 presidential elections.