PROPOSAL FOR DIALOGUE ADDRESSED TO EVERYONE

As a result of long-term discussions and negotiations, on March 21, four Parliamentary Parties, the Republican Party "Bargavach Hayastan", "Orinats Yerkir" and ARF Dashnaktsutyun signed an agreement on the formation of a political coalition. The correspondent of "Hayots Ashkharh" daily tried to clarify from the Secretary of "Bargavach Hayastan" Parliamentary faction Aram Safaryan to what extent can the political coalition contribute to the discharge of the post-election tension.

Dialogue - the only condition to succeed

"In my view the format of the political coalition is a success and in essence corresponds to the ratio of the political powers having appeared in the internal political domain due to the post-election developments. The formation of coalition is an equivalent response to the challenges faced by the country and the people.
The coalition agreement is a comprehensive document, where all the problems recorded are primary. All the four parties that have formed coalition are responsible for the implementation of all the clauses. The active and principled discussion inside coalition, the collision of the viewpoints, mutual agreements are guarantees for a regular activity, which must exclude fractionist struggle.
The thing is, more than one million people, are backing the four parties that have formed coalition, which gives the right to commit themselves to leading the country for a long period of time. In that period there will be a necessity to overcome all the difficulties faced by the country and the people. Besides the social polarization and the atmosphere of confrontation created after the elections, the primary issue of our Foreign Policy, Artsakh problem is very tensed. If we don't unite to solve all the internal and external problems, coalition will fail. Dialogue is the only condition to succeed. Instead of treading on one another's toes we must cooperate."
"Mr. Safaryan how is it possible to bring the radicals to a dialogue or cooperation?"
"Society, at the moment, is divided into two equal parts. The army of our supporters is two times more than theirs, but the small opposition is radical and very strong-minded. We invite them for a dialogue. This of course doesn't mean that they will all make part of government and hold posts. It is impossible to include everyone in government at once. But it is possible to have a strong and practical authority and a responsible and strong opposition, in the meantime. To achieve this, our opposition must give up the tactics of demonstrations and protest marches, to perform a more effective political activity and appear with constructive programs rather than enmity and hatred."
GEVORG HARUTYUNYAN

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