Tuesday, December 20 2016 12:28

ArmInfo.Ex-defense minister of Armenia Seyran Ohanyan says on his Facebook page.   

He notes that he was at the origin of formation of the country and  the army and over the past 17 years he headed the defense ministries  of Armenia and Artsakh and that he cannot indifferently follow the  military- political processes in the country.  Ohanyan says that he  said good-bye to the minister's post without any emotional shocks and  he refused all the high posts he was offered because he wants to use  his experience, skills and efforts to change the domestic political  situations in the country. "I have made a decision to take active  part in the political and electoral processes, being guided by the  idea "in the name of", i.e. in the name of the country's security and  implementation of national ideas," he notes, adding that he cannot  see how dissidence becomes the reason of political persecution,  slander and insults. All the political forces participating in the  electoral processes must show mutual respect and restraint, he says. 

He stresses that after the constitutional reforms the role and  significance of the upcoming parliamentary elections radically  differs from the previous ones, because the country is switching to a  parliamentary system of governance.   

The ex-minister says that he has already started consultations with  political forces, public structures, well- known figures and  intellectuals. "My goal is to take active part in the parliamentary  elections of 2017, and together with my teammates to find an  effective format, which will present a realistic program aimed at  forming a new political and economic system with a new quality of  governance," Ohanyan says.        

To note, in Dec 19 ex-deputy head of the President's Staff Viktor  Dallakyan said that Seyran Ohanyan may join the Third Republic Party  headed by Dallakyan. Earlier Armenian media reported that Ohanyan was  negotiating with ex-foreign ministers Raffi Hovannisian (Heritage  Party) and Vartan Oskanian (Solidarity Party) to form a bloc with  them.