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ARF IN THE WEB OF INTRIGUES
IGOR MURADYAN
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/comments24732.html
Published: 18:01:52 - 28/12/2011
The representative of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun who is in a dual state
may become one of the real participants of the parliamentary and
presidential elections. Besides some commitments to the Robert
Kocharyan-Serzh Sargsyan tandem in terms of political issues, the
ARF Dashnaktsutyun, encouraged by some success in the parliamentary
elections which could be achieved through the kind attitude of
the government to this party, is trying to strengthen its political
position, improve its reputation and nominate a charismatic politician
for president.
Inside the ARF Dashnaktsutyun intrigues take place and groups are
formed, which does not enable this party to make necessary efforts
to nominate a real candidate who would be able to hold dignified
elections and clarify the role of the political party in the society
and politics. The leader of the party Hrant Margaryan who has usurped
power in the party is not interested in nominating a real candidate,
thus the new leader of the party.
At the same time, Hrant Margaryan and his entourage are interested
in the separate participation of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun in politics
because it will ensure his own position and source of income. This
stance which is far from being principal cannot lead the party to the
understanding of new, more ambitious issues than crawling behind the
cart of the government.
There is an essential factor which pushes the party leadership to
conduct an independent policy. It is the demand of the foreign branches
of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun which think that the party leaders in Armenia
have reneged on the principles and traditions, strategy of the party,
and the revolutionary party has become a humble tool in the hands of
the government.
Inside the party, both in Armenia and abroad, new people and ideas
have emerged who are ready to work if not autonomously, at least
keeping a distance from the official bodies of the party. In Europe,
the United States, Canada and Lebanon a new rightist and nationalist
trend has emerged which relies on the new generation of rather
rich people who are ready to shape and finance the "new lobby"
spread across the world, ready to set up more effective relations
with the West and the Near East governments and politicians. These
people have excellent education, social and financial support. They
are not up just for ousting the ARF Dashnaktsutyun. They also offer
alternative activity. It sounds not only as a worry but as a threat
to the palaeo-Dashnaktsutyun who have run out of the capacity of
ideologists and politicians. These processes emerged in a situation
when the ARF Dashnaktsutyun did not shape the necessary reputation in
the homeland and is not able to suggest anything serious in neither
internal nor external policies.
It would be unfair to ignore the importance of social and economic
conditions in the presence of which the party was unable to mobilize
the patriots to address strategic issues. However, the position of
the government was the only factor that turned the ARF Dashnaktsutyun
into a miserable appendix to the semi-criminal coalition of the
ruling parties.
To be short, if the ARF Dashnaktsutyun survives as a political party,
every government and every political force will take into account
their opinion and position. However, in the current situation this
party interests only the extremely marginal sets as a partner.
In regard to this situation, the nomination of an interesting party
list and candidate in the parliamentary and presidential elections by
the ARF Dashnaktsutyun would be a not so well-thought and meaningless
step which the party leaders will try to sell expensive during the
political process.
The ARF Dashnaktsutyun has its fixed, constant electorate, which is
very important when external risks appear but is unable to achieve
serious results in internal policies.
The possible candidates of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun, Armen Rustamyan
and Vahan Ishkhanyan, are not so influential to run in the elections
under the majority voting system. Serzh Sargsyan hoped for the support
of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun in the presidential elections, and views
the participation of this party in the elections as an attempt to
seize part of his electorate, though it is not so because the voters
of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun will not vote for nobody except for their
own candidate. And no decision of the current leaders can influence
the behavior of the grassroots and supporters of this party.
The pro-Dashnaktsutyun electorate will vote for Serzh Sargsyan only in
one case, if his opponent is Levon Ter-Petrosyan. In the government,
Robert Kocharyan is the most convenient partner for the leaders of
the party, whose political future is vague. However, even if Robert
Kocharyan's position strengthens, he will need the cooperation with
the ARF Dashnaktsutyun.
Acknowledging that everything related to Serzh Sargsyan is condemned
to public criticism, and has no prospects even in the medium-term
political format, the Dashnaks try to keep a distance from him, and it
could be the positive thing about the ARF Dashnaktsutyun. Considering
the approval of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun for the recent processes,
there might be an agreement between Levon Ter-Petrosyan and the ARF
Dashnaktsutyun.
The majority of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun does not want the All-Armenian
Movement to come to power, therefore any rapprochement of the
ARF leaders with the AAM will lead to final split of the ARF
Dashnaktsutyun. At the same time, the grassroots are more and more
inclined to think that failure in the parliamentary elections is
expedient to go on to claim a revolutionary approach regarding further
policy and selection of personnel.
It is the time of all the real Dashnaks who care for the destiny of the
party. It is time to support those comrades who uphold refreshment of
the leadership and adoption of a genuine revolutionary program. The
party cannot be a cozy and calm shelter for leisure. This is the
main issue of the party today which will be the locomotive of its
further activities. The issue is not total cleansing but removal of
30 useless and suspicious functionaries.
No more intrigues, no more adventures. It is time to understand
the future of the party. What has the ARF Dashnaktsutyun found in
parliament except for abject and meaningless existence and political
deadlock? In this meaning, there is no meaning in parliamentary
elections at all. The majority of this party both in Armenia and the
Diaspora are opposition to the government of Armenia. They prefer to
consult other people on the future of the country, rather than the
party leaders.
Possible political manipulations, such as possible games with the
Heritage Party or the All-Armenian Movement, are the least useful
thing leading the party to a deadlock. In the current political stage,
parliamentarianism has no meaning. Isn't it better to be aware of the
real issues of the Armenian nationalism and get down to the fight
for shaping nationalistic politics, which will be supported by the
society? Why are you accelerating the death of the revolutionary
party by playing parliamentarianism?
War awaits Armenia rather than parliamentarian games. The party
must prepare people for war and counteract to encroachments upon
our homeland.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
IGOR MURADYAN
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/comments24732.html
Published: 18:01:52 - 28/12/2011
The representative of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun who is in a dual state
may become one of the real participants of the parliamentary and
presidential elections. Besides some commitments to the Robert
Kocharyan-Serzh Sargsyan tandem in terms of political issues, the
ARF Dashnaktsutyun, encouraged by some success in the parliamentary
elections which could be achieved through the kind attitude of
the government to this party, is trying to strengthen its political
position, improve its reputation and nominate a charismatic politician
for president.
Inside the ARF Dashnaktsutyun intrigues take place and groups are
formed, which does not enable this party to make necessary efforts
to nominate a real candidate who would be able to hold dignified
elections and clarify the role of the political party in the society
and politics. The leader of the party Hrant Margaryan who has usurped
power in the party is not interested in nominating a real candidate,
thus the new leader of the party.
At the same time, Hrant Margaryan and his entourage are interested
in the separate participation of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun in politics
because it will ensure his own position and source of income. This
stance which is far from being principal cannot lead the party to the
understanding of new, more ambitious issues than crawling behind the
cart of the government.
There is an essential factor which pushes the party leadership to
conduct an independent policy. It is the demand of the foreign branches
of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun which think that the party leaders in Armenia
have reneged on the principles and traditions, strategy of the party,
and the revolutionary party has become a humble tool in the hands of
the government.
Inside the party, both in Armenia and abroad, new people and ideas
have emerged who are ready to work if not autonomously, at least
keeping a distance from the official bodies of the party. In Europe,
the United States, Canada and Lebanon a new rightist and nationalist
trend has emerged which relies on the new generation of rather
rich people who are ready to shape and finance the "new lobby"
spread across the world, ready to set up more effective relations
with the West and the Near East governments and politicians. These
people have excellent education, social and financial support. They
are not up just for ousting the ARF Dashnaktsutyun. They also offer
alternative activity. It sounds not only as a worry but as a threat
to the palaeo-Dashnaktsutyun who have run out of the capacity of
ideologists and politicians. These processes emerged in a situation
when the ARF Dashnaktsutyun did not shape the necessary reputation in
the homeland and is not able to suggest anything serious in neither
internal nor external policies.
It would be unfair to ignore the importance of social and economic
conditions in the presence of which the party was unable to mobilize
the patriots to address strategic issues. However, the position of
the government was the only factor that turned the ARF Dashnaktsutyun
into a miserable appendix to the semi-criminal coalition of the
ruling parties.
To be short, if the ARF Dashnaktsutyun survives as a political party,
every government and every political force will take into account
their opinion and position. However, in the current situation this
party interests only the extremely marginal sets as a partner.
In regard to this situation, the nomination of an interesting party
list and candidate in the parliamentary and presidential elections by
the ARF Dashnaktsutyun would be a not so well-thought and meaningless
step which the party leaders will try to sell expensive during the
political process.
The ARF Dashnaktsutyun has its fixed, constant electorate, which is
very important when external risks appear but is unable to achieve
serious results in internal policies.
The possible candidates of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun, Armen Rustamyan
and Vahan Ishkhanyan, are not so influential to run in the elections
under the majority voting system. Serzh Sargsyan hoped for the support
of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun in the presidential elections, and views
the participation of this party in the elections as an attempt to
seize part of his electorate, though it is not so because the voters
of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun will not vote for nobody except for their
own candidate. And no decision of the current leaders can influence
the behavior of the grassroots and supporters of this party.
The pro-Dashnaktsutyun electorate will vote for Serzh Sargsyan only in
one case, if his opponent is Levon Ter-Petrosyan. In the government,
Robert Kocharyan is the most convenient partner for the leaders of
the party, whose political future is vague. However, even if Robert
Kocharyan's position strengthens, he will need the cooperation with
the ARF Dashnaktsutyun.
Acknowledging that everything related to Serzh Sargsyan is condemned
to public criticism, and has no prospects even in the medium-term
political format, the Dashnaks try to keep a distance from him, and it
could be the positive thing about the ARF Dashnaktsutyun. Considering
the approval of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun for the recent processes,
there might be an agreement between Levon Ter-Petrosyan and the ARF
Dashnaktsutyun.
The majority of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun does not want the All-Armenian
Movement to come to power, therefore any rapprochement of the
ARF leaders with the AAM will lead to final split of the ARF
Dashnaktsutyun. At the same time, the grassroots are more and more
inclined to think that failure in the parliamentary elections is
expedient to go on to claim a revolutionary approach regarding further
policy and selection of personnel.
It is the time of all the real Dashnaks who care for the destiny of the
party. It is time to support those comrades who uphold refreshment of
the leadership and adoption of a genuine revolutionary program. The
party cannot be a cozy and calm shelter for leisure. This is the
main issue of the party today which will be the locomotive of its
further activities. The issue is not total cleansing but removal of
30 useless and suspicious functionaries.
No more intrigues, no more adventures. It is time to understand
the future of the party. What has the ARF Dashnaktsutyun found in
parliament except for abject and meaningless existence and political
deadlock? In this meaning, there is no meaning in parliamentary
elections at all. The majority of this party both in Armenia and the
Diaspora are opposition to the government of Armenia. They prefer to
consult other people on the future of the country, rather than the
party leaders.
Possible political manipulations, such as possible games with the
Heritage Party or the All-Armenian Movement, are the least useful
thing leading the party to a deadlock. In the current political stage,
parliamentarianism has no meaning. Isn't it better to be aware of the
real issues of the Armenian nationalism and get down to the fight
for shaping nationalistic politics, which will be supported by the
society? Why are you accelerating the death of the revolutionary
party by playing parliamentarianism?
War awaits Armenia rather than parliamentarian games. The party
must prepare people for war and counteract to encroachments upon
our homeland.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress