Ter Petrosian and Dashnaktsutiun — Making Up?
A1 Plus reports that the former and first president Levon Ter Petrosian met earlier today with representatives of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation — Dashnaktsutiun. The meeting is a surprise given the fact that Dashnaktsutiun was outlawed under Ter Petrosian. Senior party officials were arrested and newspapers closed.
Nevertheless, Dashnaktsutiun has also recently stated that during his tenure as president when they were in opposition, ideology at least existed in politics here. A1 Plus reports that both Ter Petrosian and Dashnaktsutiun agree on this point. In fact, with the acquisition of wealth being the main preoccupation of those in the political sphere, few would disagree.
On 29th of September in “Simon Vracyan” Center of Dashnaktsutyun party representative of the ARF Office Armenia Hrant Margaryan and the representative of “Armenian Revolutionary Federation Supreme Body ” Armen Rustamian met Levon Ter-Petrosyan Aleksandr Arzumanyan. Levon Ter-Petrosyan was the initiator of the meeting. They discussed issues connected with internal political situation in Armenia and issues concerning coming presidential elections. Both parties found ideological-political debate necesary at this stage of development.
The full post is available on the 2008 Presidential Election Monitor Blog.
