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    POLITICIANS NOT TO BE ARMED WITH IRON STICKS
    Gevorg Haroutyunyan

    Hayots Ashkhar Daily
    Published on April 16, 2008
    Armenia

    Interview with HAMLET HAROUTYUNYAN, Head of "Artsakh" Compatriots'
    Union and member of the RPA parliamentary faction

    "Mr. Haroutyunyan, in the interview published in the Russian
    'Novoe Izvestia' periodical, LTP, who acts as the leader of the
    Armenian political opposition, considers that his principal task is
    to form a certain public opinion so as 'these authorities will not
    be recognized'. How do you estimate such an attitude by the Armenian
    citizen?"

    "The allegation that L. Ter-Petrosyan is the leader of the opposition,
    is an insult to our internal political domain. There are dozens of
    parties operating on the pro-opposition front, and their addresses are
    quite different. Viewing the opposition from the point of view of one
    single leader, one single idea and one single goal is a fundamental
    mistake. Such mentality eventually results in totalitarianism.

    In the internal political domain of our country, it's not only the
    representatives of radical opposition that deny everything because
    they haven't assumed the leadership of the state. The opposition
    also consists of parties which are not extremist and which criticize
    the activity of the authorities objectively, parties which are
    constructive in their manifestations and are guided by the interests
    of the state and the people versus complying with the instructions
    of some international organizations.

    Those who form a public opinion for preventing the authorities from
    being recognized again rely on external intervention and demand new
    parliamentary elections. I don't think the decision to dissolve
    or maintain the National Assembly should be made arbitrarily. If
    there's someone who has just woken up and is late for the March 12
    elections or, has changed his mood, it doesn't mean the Parliament
    should be dissolved.

    This, actually, is the regular attempt of destabilizing the internal
    political situation rather than a desire of being represented in
    the National Assembly. The most recent parliamentary elections were
    held just eleven months ago. If they were ready for representing
    the opposition, they should have participated in the whole process
    instead of quitting the political arena at some stage of the electoral
    struggle. Leading our country and people to instability from time to
    time and keeping them in tension is the desire of our enemies.

    In his interviews, L. Ter-Petrosyan hints that 150 people among his
    proponents have been arrested, and they are political prisoners. Only
    the court may decide whether the given act constitutes a criminal
    offence or a political activity. A person who has committed a criminal
    offence cannot be considered a victim of political persecutions.

    The March 1 events are not related to politics and have nothing in
    common with it. What happened is an attempt of staging a coup d'état
    which was supposed to change Armenia's attitude towards Artsakh. The
    coup was organized by people who thought about Armenia from the point
    of view of the Azeris, Turks and Americans. A political struggle
    presupposes political methods. The one who struggles against his own
    state with Mausers and iron sticks cannot be a politician. This is
    why, L. Ter-Petrosyan says no single word about the March 1 events
    in the interview to 'Novoe Ivvestia' periodical. Instead, he tries
    to create an opinion that the detainees are peaceful protesters and
    not people who provoked clashes with and launched an armed attack
    against the law enforcers or committed plunders. Such demonstrations
    and marches could not have been spontaneous; they were very properly
    organized. There are no foremen, centurions and high captains, no arms
    and ammunitions in demonstrations organized spontaneously. Neither
    are there acoustic or musical tools of influence used there.

    When L. Ter-Petrosyan says he wants to form a certain public
    opinion with the purpose of preventing the Armenian authorities
    from being recognized, it's the same as the non-recognition of the
    NKR and its authorities, the right of the NKR people to national
    self-determination; it's the same as the non-recognition of Artsakh
    as an inseparable part of Armenia."

    "What do you think the United States initiative of authorizing Congress
    hearings on the internal political situation of Armenia could mean?"

    "The discussion of any country's problem by the legislative body of
    another country is considered as a gross intervention in the domestic
    affairs of that country. The only trouble of all the international
    structures and the states 'interested' in the internal situation
    of our country consists in seeking ways towards the solution of the
    Artsakh issue to the detriment of the Armenians.

    Unfortunately, not only separate politicians but also parties yield
    to such efforts. And lying behind all these superficial hearings is
    the Artsakh issue which is no longer concealed; it is being openly
    discussed. The hearings to be organized by the Congress pursue the
    same goal"

    I call on everybody to be sober because in case of losing Artsakh
    we'll completely lose Armenia. In the course of our history, we,
    Armenians, have always lost our statehood in such circumstances."

    --Boundary_(ID_2P3hl18Q604av VGP5rgrxw)--
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