“Golos Armenii” notes that the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) has effectively ruled out the possibility of cooperation with Levon Ter-Petrosian’s Armenian National Congress (HAK) after its exit from the governing coalition. The paper says Dashnaktsutyun leaders have drawn parallels between foreign policies pursued by Ter-Petrosian and the current authorities in Yerevan. It also says that Dashnaktsutyun’s cooperation with another major opposition force, the Zharangutyun party, is “absolutely possible.”
That Dashnaktsutyun has “serious differences” with the HAK is affirmed by one of the nationalist party’s leaders, Armen Rustamian, in an interview with “Hayots Ashkhar.” Rustamian also rebukes HAK politicians for their latest verbal attacks on his party.
Ruben Hakobian, a former Dashnaktsutyun leader, tells “Aravot” that the struggle between the HAK and President Serzh Sarkisian has never been “ideological.” “If the political landscape becomes more sound and if there is a consolidation of ideas, I think that the Armenian National Congress will probably be one of the main defenders of the Turkey course adopted by the authorities,” says Hakobian. “This is not glee but a political reality.” He finds “natural” the HAK’s less than enthusiastic reaction to Dashnaktsutyun’s decision to drop out of the ruling coalition. He says the Ter-Petrosian-led alliance is jealous about the possible end of its status as the country’s only strong opposition force.
According to “Zhamanak,” Dashnaktsutyun has signaled that it “will not engage in business anymore” and will seek to act more like a political party. “And although there is no evidence yet of it engaging in politics, it seems clear that politics has hit Dashnaktsutyun’s business hard,” says the opposition daily.
(Aghasi Yenokian)
That Dashnaktsutyun has “serious differences” with the HAK is affirmed by one of the nationalist party’s leaders, Armen Rustamian, in an interview with “Hayots Ashkhar.” Rustamian also rebukes HAK politicians for their latest verbal attacks on his party.
Ruben Hakobian, a former Dashnaktsutyun leader, tells “Aravot” that the struggle between the HAK and President Serzh Sarkisian has never been “ideological.” “If the political landscape becomes more sound and if there is a consolidation of ideas, I think that the Armenian National Congress will probably be one of the main defenders of the Turkey course adopted by the authorities,” says Hakobian. “This is not glee but a political reality.” He finds “natural” the HAK’s less than enthusiastic reaction to Dashnaktsutyun’s decision to drop out of the ruling coalition. He says the Ter-Petrosian-led alliance is jealous about the possible end of its status as the country’s only strong opposition force.
According to “Zhamanak,” Dashnaktsutyun has signaled that it “will not engage in business anymore” and will seek to act more like a political party. “And although there is no evidence yet of it engaging in politics, it seems clear that politics has hit Dashnaktsutyun’s business hard,” says the opposition daily.
(Aghasi Yenokian)