Epress.am News from Armenia
People’s Party leader Tigran Karapetyan has already presented his list of 18 demands to Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, sending the “ultimatum” to the president’s residence and expecting a response by Feb. 28.
“We were [or rather, are] expecting cooperation with the ruling parties in the name of the people and the truth. If we don’t expect a response by Feb. 28, we’re going to flash a red card to the authorities. No confidence, and then a move toward early elections. Our demand for early elections: first, parliamentary, then, presidential. Unlike HAK [the Armenian National Congress], which first demands presidential, then parliamentary elections. Perhaps they immediately see themselves as president,” he said, basically repeating word-for-word what he said at his Feb. 15 rally.
To an observation by a journalist that he is often mentioned in the press, that he is the pet “project of the ruling authorities,” the People’s Party leader said:
“For 10 years I have shown the people, the people has seen, that I am an honest man and I haven’t participated in any coalitions, so I consider it lucky that I belong to the people. As for who’s who’s project, let them measure it with foreign money and with their belonging to different Free and Accepted Masons [groups].”
Speaking about the likelihood of uniting with HAK, Karapetyan said their movement is a free movement and he is prepared to stand on a platform with equal footing with any honest party or movement. “HAK is comprised of different forces; there are both just and unjust [parties in the opposition bloc]. For example, I’m referring to, we wouldn’t go on the same path with HHSh [Pan-Armenian National Movement].”
Karapetyan noted the People’s Party is opposed to the system developed in Armenia today.
“We today are against the system, not a single figure, [but] the system, led by Serzh Sargsyan; not the seat, because we wouldn’t want there to be new ruling authorities [using] the same methods,” he said.