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IF SERGE SARGSIAN IS ELECTED PRESIDENT, ARMENIA WILL BECOME A DICTATORIAL STATE, FREEDOM FIGHTER FROM DIASPORA SAYS
Noyan Tapan
Jan 30, 2008
YEREVAN, JANUARY 30, NOYAN TAPAN. Armenian citizens have become the
most tolerant ones today, whereas the same Armenians do not show
tolerance in other countries. "In France, every day people rise for
protection of their rights. I take the view that Armenian citizens
have become used to an atmosphere of fear and for this reason they
submit to everything," Sargis Hatspanian, the coordinator of "Akos"
NGO made this statement on January 30.
(Sargis Hatspanian was born in Turkey, he is a French cistizen and
has lived in Armenia since the early 1990s. He participated in the
Artskah war and runs a business now).
He expressed confidence that in case of Levon Ter-Petrosian' being
elected president of Armenia, "we will live in a country of the rule
of law", whereas in case of election of Serge Sargsian, Armenia will
become a dictatorial state.
In the words of S. Hatspanian, thanks to L. Ter-Petrosian,
newly-independent Armenia has entered the foreign policy field, while
under the current authorities the country is "undergoing regression,
Armenia is not spoken about abroad, and there is an impression that
there is Armenia in the Caucasus".
As S. Hatsapanian put it, thanks to the "wonderful diplomacy" of
L. Ter-Petrosian, the Artsakh problem was viewed as a problem of
Artsakh and Azerbaijan before 1998. According to him, since 1998,
the problem has been moved to Armenia-Azerbaijan plane.
According to the coordinator of "Akos", today the previous authorities
are accused of adopting a defeatist position on the Artsakh problem,
however, 3 times as many Armenians lived in the liberated territories
during the presidency of L. Ter-Pterosian as they live now. "Thousands
of people have left Artsakh after the war. What has happened that
Karabakh man has left his liberated village and land after victory and
emigrated?," S. Hatsapanian said, adding that now even businessmen
from Artsakh do not want to make investments in Karabakh, and money
for implementing reforms in the country is raised through marathons.
Noyan Tapan
Jan 30, 2008
YEREVAN, JANUARY 30, NOYAN TAPAN. Armenian citizens have become the
most tolerant ones today, whereas the same Armenians do not show
tolerance in other countries. "In France, every day people rise for
protection of their rights. I take the view that Armenian citizens
have become used to an atmosphere of fear and for this reason they
submit to everything," Sargis Hatspanian, the coordinator of "Akos"
NGO made this statement on January 30.
(Sargis Hatspanian was born in Turkey, he is a French cistizen and
has lived in Armenia since the early 1990s. He participated in the
Artskah war and runs a business now).
He expressed confidence that in case of Levon Ter-Petrosian' being
elected president of Armenia, "we will live in a country of the rule
of law", whereas in case of election of Serge Sargsian, Armenia will
become a dictatorial state.
In the words of S. Hatspanian, thanks to L. Ter-Petrosian,
newly-independent Armenia has entered the foreign policy field, while
under the current authorities the country is "undergoing regression,
Armenia is not spoken about abroad, and there is an impression that
there is Armenia in the Caucasus".
As S. Hatsapanian put it, thanks to the "wonderful diplomacy" of
L. Ter-Petrosian, the Artsakh problem was viewed as a problem of
Artsakh and Azerbaijan before 1998. According to him, since 1998,
the problem has been moved to Armenia-Azerbaijan plane.
According to the coordinator of "Akos", today the previous authorities
are accused of adopting a defeatist position on the Artsakh problem,
however, 3 times as many Armenians lived in the liberated territories
during the presidency of L. Ter-Pterosian as they live now. "Thousands
of people have left Artsakh after the war. What has happened that
Karabakh man has left his liberated village and land after victory and
emigrated?," S. Hatsapanian said, adding that now even businessmen
from Artsakh do not want to make investments in Karabakh, and money
for implementing reforms in the country is raised through marathons.