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GOD FORBID PEOPLE RESORT TO WEAPON
Taguhi Hakobyan
Lragir.am
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/interview23119.html
29/08/2011
-Suren, you always participate in the rallies and civil initiatives
of the opposition. Did you expect an anti-revolutionary period after
the national uprising when people chanted "now"?
I knew about the corrupt and criminal essence of the authorities very
well. But I could not expect they would be so sneaky to shoot at
the people. As well as I could never expect that some people would
agree with the activities of the authorities. I could never expect
such degradation of human values. After seeing this, I definitely
expected that further steps of the first president Levon Ter-Petrosyan
to destroy the system would be mild, well-thought, involving pauses
to avoid losses. It is necessary to continue to show to the world
and remind what a useless, corrupt and sneaky government we have in
Armenia, how it wastes the resources of our country and destroys the
future of our children. I see today the authorities are bankrupt,
facing the dilemma of being or not being. Even the dialogue with
the Armenian National Congress showed the authorities are engaged
in imitation.
- The press that is not controlled by the authorities reports from time
to time that this way may eventually lead us along the Egyptian path.
I regret to say that when I went to one of Yerevan's administrative
districts to inform people about the previous rally of the Congress,
people came up and started shouting, "give us guns, we can rid of them
[the authorities] only with guns." This should alarm to the authorities
that the citizens are ready to protect their rights with weapons. God
forbid people are forced to such a desperate step.
- The television keeps the public in an information blockade, and
most journalists say professionals don't work on TV. As a former TV
reporter, do you think it's necessary to fight to return television
to the public first of all?
It depends on the political government. The work of our TV channels is
not oriented at citizen, their interests and rights are not reflected
on the television. All the Armenian television does is showing bad
soap operas.
From: A. Papazian
Taguhi Hakobyan
Lragir.am
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/interview23119.html
29/08/2011
-Suren, you always participate in the rallies and civil initiatives
of the opposition. Did you expect an anti-revolutionary period after
the national uprising when people chanted "now"?
I knew about the corrupt and criminal essence of the authorities very
well. But I could not expect they would be so sneaky to shoot at
the people. As well as I could never expect that some people would
agree with the activities of the authorities. I could never expect
such degradation of human values. After seeing this, I definitely
expected that further steps of the first president Levon Ter-Petrosyan
to destroy the system would be mild, well-thought, involving pauses
to avoid losses. It is necessary to continue to show to the world
and remind what a useless, corrupt and sneaky government we have in
Armenia, how it wastes the resources of our country and destroys the
future of our children. I see today the authorities are bankrupt,
facing the dilemma of being or not being. Even the dialogue with
the Armenian National Congress showed the authorities are engaged
in imitation.
- The press that is not controlled by the authorities reports from time
to time that this way may eventually lead us along the Egyptian path.
I regret to say that when I went to one of Yerevan's administrative
districts to inform people about the previous rally of the Congress,
people came up and started shouting, "give us guns, we can rid of them
[the authorities] only with guns." This should alarm to the authorities
that the citizens are ready to protect their rights with weapons. God
forbid people are forced to such a desperate step.
- The television keeps the public in an information blockade, and
most journalists say professionals don't work on TV. As a former TV
reporter, do you think it's necessary to fight to return television
to the public first of all?
It depends on the political government. The work of our TV channels is
not oriented at citizen, their interests and rights are not reflected
on the television. All the Armenian television does is showing bad
soap operas.
From: A. Papazian