Armenian ex-president ousted from domestic policy - paper

May 2, 2012 - 13:02 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - Viktor Soghomonyan, coordinator for Armenia's former President Robert Kocharian's office told media three months ago that Kocharian will make a statement ahead of the parliamentary elections due on May 6, Haykakan Zhamanak paper says.

In addition, some media reports claimed Kocharian is going to speak 2 week prior to the elections. It is still unknown why ex-leader has changed his mind; the daily could not reach Soghomonyan over the phone.

Anyway, the ex-President will hardly speak now, with only 4 days left before the vote; he may do it, though, merely theoretically, according to the paper.

Observers assume that Kocharian may be left out of internal political processes unless he makes some moves by the end of the election campaign, Haykakan Zhamanak says.