Vahan Shirkhanyan rules out early presidential election in Armenia

 August 12, 2011 - 16:23 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - Former Deputy Minister of Defense of Armenia, member of Social Democrat Hunchakian Party Vahan Shirkhanyan excludes possibility of pre-term presidential election in Armenia.

“There is no prerequisite, no political crisis,” he said at a press conference in Yerevan.

As for conflict between the authorities the Armenian National Congress opposition bloc, Shirkhanyan doesn’t see any difference between both.

“Political struggle is the struggle of ideas. There is, however, no struggle of ideas between authorities and ANC, it’s a battle of personalities,” Shirkhanyan said.

He also underlined that to resolve social and economical problems, Armenia must reject the liberal and take up a social democrat model, entirely altering the government system.