Heritage rep: Prosperous Armenia-ANC alliance won’t last longMay 3, 2012 - 16:36 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Deputy chairman of the opposition Heritage party Ruben Hakobyan voiced surprise over cooperation between coalition Prosperous Armenia party and the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) ahead of elections, comparing this alliance to a fake marriage. “I’m convinced this “marriage” will have a very short life, and we will soon witness a “divorce”,” he said mockingly adding ANC will have no political gain from this union. According to Heritage member, this alliance enabled Prosperous Armenia to silence one of the major opposition voices which addressed sharp criticism against the coalition party. As to the opposition bloc, Hakobyan said: “I don’t want to cite rumors, but ANC got certain opportunity for a wonderful election campaign.” Heritage representative further reminded of accusations voiced by ANC against Prosperous Armenia, even naming its leader Gagik Tsarukyan and his bodyguards as “murderers”, and pointed to current silence of the opposition force. Hakobyan also mentioned that ANC had earlier offered cooperation to Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan in combating former Armenian President Robert Kocharian and Prosperous Armenia; this proposal was then rejected. “The same scenario was now offered to Prosperous Armenia which accepted it yielding to temptation,” he stated. Parliamentary elections are due in Armenia on May 6 featuring 8 political parties (Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), Prosperous Armenia, ARF Dashnaktsutyun (ARFD), Orinats Yerkir, Heritage, Democratic Party of Armenia (DPA), Communist Party of Armenia and United Armenians party, as well as one election bloc represented by opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC). Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. Partner news | U.S. “deeply troubled” by Azerbaijan's arrest of civil society members The United States is deeply troubled by the continued arrest of members of Azerbaijani civil society, Matthew Miller has said. Turkey condemns Uruguay’s recognition of Armenian Genocide Turkey has condemned a newly passed law in Uruguay that recognizes the Armenian Genocide, TRT reports. For the first time, Armenia votes in favor of Georgia resolution in UN Armenia on Tuesday, June 4 voted for the first time in favor a resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. Moscow warns Armenia against leaving Russian-led defense bloc Armenia could ruin its military ties with Russia if it continues drifting towards the West, according to a senior official in Moscow. |