YEREVAN. – Authority-opposition collaboration in Armenia is a political farce, where the author is the ruling authority, secretary of Heritage party Karine Hakobyan told the journalists on Tuesday and added that authority-opposition negotiations should be institutional and not one-time event.

“What happens today in Armenia is a result of shaky political ground. Authorities solve their long-term goals to stay in office. Authorities-opposition relations resemble not a football or a chess game but a poker tournament where both sides do not have good cards and have to bluff,” Heritage representative told.

Another speaker of the conference MP from ruling Republican party Hovhannes Sahakyan responded that authorities try to integrate culture of healthy dialogue and negotiations. At the same time, various political powers try to give different political evaluations to the process, the MP added.

Debate between the representatives of authority and opposition gradually deteriorated during the conference. Both sides accused each other in being not organized.