The position expressed by the first President of Armenia, leader of the newly- created Armenian National Congress Party Levon Ter-Petrosyan during the ANC's constituent congress raises eyebrows, to put it mildly, Eduard Sharmazanov, Spokesperson of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) and Vice Speaker of Armenian Parliament, told ArmInfo. To note, during the congress, Ter-Petrosyan assessed the ongoing political processes in
the country.
Sharmazanov is first of all bewildered at Levon Ter-Petrosyan's criticism against the other opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian and his actions. "I'd like to know what Levon Ter-Petrosyan means by the word combination "political processes" and what "political" actions he expected from Raffi Hovannisian. In 2008 Levon Ter-Petrosyan had an opportunity to carry out "political processes", but we all know what it developed into", said Sharmazanov.
When commenting on the ANC leader's statement that Gagik Tsarukyan, leader of the Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) is actually trying to "shoot a way" out of the power camp and "move" to the opposition field, Sharmazanov said that this statement is also frustrating. "According to all political standards, the best evidence of competence and opposition nature of any political force is its participation in the main political process of the country -
presidential election - with an alternative program, however, the PAP failed to do that. As regards the statement that today the PAP is fighting with the authorities at the elections to the Yerevan Elders' Council, it is simply unserious, as these are not the elections to decide the fate of the state, and one should not mislead the electorate with such statements. An economy entity will be elected during the May 5 elections to manage the capital of Armenia as effectively as possible", he said.