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    THE USE OF LISTENING TO USELESS HEARINGS
    Hrayr Manukyan

    http://www.168.am/en/articles/6918
    Octob er 6, 2009

    On October 1 the parliament organized hearings on the topic of the
    Protocols and the Process of Developing Relations between Armenia
    and Turkey, during which many politicians, representatives of parties
    and experts expressed their opinions.

    However the main opposition power, the Armenian National Congress,
    did not take part in these hearings. "The Armenian National Congress
    did not take part in the hearings, because as it was said these were
    organized for the purpose of demonstrating only," says ANC spokesman
    Arman Musinyan. He says the incumbent government has agreed to sign
    "the shameful protocols and they will have to sign, and the parliament
    will have to ratify it and will not oppose". To our question whether it
    would not be better to go and say everything there in order to deliver
    their message to the audience he said that they will say everything
    they want to say during an upcoming rally. He says this is more
    effective. In addition, he says that if the ANC participates in such
    imitation games proposed by the government, they will become a tool
    in the hands of the government too. In answer to the announcements
    of other political powers saying that it would be good if the ANC
    participated in the discussion as well he said, "They know the opinions
    of the ANC activists from the media, thus I think it did not change
    too much," says PA faction secretary Aram Safaryan, "however, from the
    point of view of political culture it would be better if there were
    more speeches during the discussion". A. Safaryan believes the ANC is
    an integral part of our political sector and our society. "Also I would
    like to inform that during the hearings the concerns and worries of the
    society were spoken too. Even though I have some disagreements about
    the format of the hearings because 5,5 hours during one day is a very
    short term for 60 speeches and it is not enough for people who want to
    understand every detail of the issue. Anyway I think it was a useful
    discussion," said A. Safaryan. He also says that the hearings were
    useful and important not only due to the fact of the discussion and
    participation of political powers but the media coverage as well. "I
    think that the media owes to the political sector because they did
    not cover all the aspects of concerns !

    of all po tical powers," he said. We wander what the ARF officials
    think about these hearings because ultimately these hearings did
    not change anything in the initial protocols and they will be signed
    anyway. "Every person who participated in the hearing will say that
    it was a real discussion because the organizer of the hearing, the
    committee on foreign relations, had invited experts, politicians,
    lawyers and other specialists to express their viewpoints. It was
    a real professional discussion and there were conflicts of opinions
    as well," said ARF faction secretary Artyusha Shahbazyan. "Certain
    powers who have interests other than the national interests are
    saying that it is very important that the issue was discussed in
    the parliament. We know these people, and they say they did not
    participate in the discussion because it was a show. But they are
    jealous with us because the ARF is a very active opposition power now,"
    said A. Shahbazyan. He believes the only goal of the ANC is to help
    Levon Ter-Petrosyan become president. "For these people the issue
    of helping Ter-Petrosyan become president is more important than the
    dangers that we see in this process of Armenian-Turkish relations. In
    a word, this goal to be elected president is more important for them
    than the issues of the Armenian-Turkish relations and Karabakh. This
    is their nature; they have always been like that," said A. Shahbazyan
    by perfectly playing his role as an oppositionist.
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