Nikol Pashinyan: ANC will never strike a disreputable deal with authorities

 June 2, 2011 - 17:09 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian National Congress (ANC) will never strike a disreputable deal with the authorities according to ANC member, Haykakan Zhamanak daily editor-in-chief.

As Nikol Pashinyan told a news conference in Yerevan, snap presidential and parliamentary elections are still the main goal of ANC; the alteration of the Congress rhetoric towards the authorities is explained by the change of mechanisms to achieve the goal. As he noted, snap elections are only possible in case of an impeachment or resignation of the president.

As Pashinyan remarked, ANC never mitigated its policy towards the authorities. “If in 2008, the only demand set by ANC was the release of political prisoners, in 2011, ANC laid down 3 demands the authorities had to fulfil.” According to Pashinyan, the composition of ANC in the oncoming negotiations with the authorities hasn't been discussed yet.