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MP VICTOR DALLAKYAN is also against the idea of neutralizing the post-electoral tension through extra-ordinary parliamentary elections, but his considerations are different.
“During the hour of parliamentary announcements, I clearly introduced my approaches, and I still stick to the opinion that it is first of all necessary to set up an interim committee with the purpose of investigating the March 1-2 events, and I have already proposed a relevant legal initiative. It should be mentioned that the PACE proposals are actually in harmony with that approach. This is the first thing to say.
The second thing is that it is necessary to implement political reforms; in particular, to set up a political council under the President, with the involvement of the representatives of the pro-Government, parliamentary and extra-parliamentary parties.
The third step is to set up a public chamber. In this connection, I submitted a draft legislation consisting of more than 30 articles in May 2007. I consider this one of the most important preconditions for the accomplishment of civil society.
The fourth step is to release the individuals who did not participate in the acts of violence but just expressed their political views. That is, to grant them pardon.
The next step is to introduce relevant changes in the Electoral Code and make a transition to a 100 percent proportional system. At the same time, it is necessary to change the procedure of forming electoral commissions, envisaging mechanisms which enable the parliamentary and extra-parliamentary factions to be represented in the commissions on consensual bases.
As regards holding extra-ordinary elections, I don’t think this is an end in itself. This may be the last accord of the chain of actions conditioned by political reforms. And to dissolve the National Assembly now, a few months after the elections, and holding extraordinary elections would not be serious, in my opinion.”
“The political forces supporting Ter-Petrosyan which did participate in the parliamentary elections or dispersed the votes of their proponents by running for election on their own, demand that the parliament be dissolved and a new parliament be elected. Isn’t this nonsense from the point of view of political culture?”
“My approach towards holding extraordinary elections in not conditioned by a single individual or the appearance of a single political force. I repeat, this may be one of the steps towards implementing serious political reforms.
I have already said that it is necessary to amend the Electoral Code and why not, introduce changes to the Constitution, employ the system of electing the regional governors, etc
Only after the implementation of so many steps, should extra-ordinary parliamentary elections be appointed. That’s to say, the issue should be viewed on a strategic plane: not from the standpoint of solving situational problems but from the standpoint of perspective solutions.”
- S. HAROUTYUNYAN
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