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Oligarchy is a Bone in Armenians' Throat
Naira Hayrumyan
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/country26756.html
Published: 12:15:15 - 04/07/2012
The Armenian Diaspora, which does not intervene in the home life of
Armenia that often has shown amazing solidarity this time. Protests in
memory of Vahe Avetyan with the same anti-oligarchic demands were held
in Iran, Los-Angeles, Berlin and other cities.
What is this solidarity determined by? There are many factors, but the
most important is that it has become evident that the oligarchy is a
bone in the throat of not only Armenia but also the Diaspora and the
whole nation.
Despite the attempts of the Ministry of Diaspora to invite Armenians
`home', they prefer having holidays, investing, working and living out
of Armenia. Even the Armenians, who are leaving Syria, come to Armenia
very rarely. The reason is that Armenia is divided into several clans,
which don't allow `others' in, lead dilettante foreign policy, plunge
Armenia into the debt hole and maneuver between the West and the
North.
The Diaspora's support may enable the Armenian opposition and the
civil society to achieve big victories. There are many small ones -
the Moscow cinema, the Trchkan waterfall and the Mashtots Park, as
well as Ruben Hairapetyan's resignation. But now it is necessary to
raise certain issues, more global such as the recognition of the
parliamentary elections as void, formation of an independent CEC and
free elections.
The ground for such claims has matured both in the sense of the
mobilization of the civil society and the readiness of the authorities
to concessions and the position of the world community. If, we add the
Diaspora factor, the task won't seem unreal.
The current parliament should be dissolved and first of all, the
parliamentary forces, which hardly passed the election limit, should
be interested in fair elections to have many more mandates.
The Diaspora too should be interested in this, which does not have
levers of influence on Armenia's policy. The ministry of Diaspora was
created to give a ghetto status to the Diaspora Armenians, to isolate
them from the state issues and to limit their presence in Armenia up
to `coming home for holidays'.
It is necessary to provide quotas in the parliament for the Diaspora
too. But the most important is that it is necessary to remove the
oligarchic bone from out throat, and then, the Diaspora and Armenia
will become parts of a single organism.
Naira Hayrumyan
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/country26756.html
Published: 12:15:15 - 04/07/2012
The Armenian Diaspora, which does not intervene in the home life of
Armenia that often has shown amazing solidarity this time. Protests in
memory of Vahe Avetyan with the same anti-oligarchic demands were held
in Iran, Los-Angeles, Berlin and other cities.
What is this solidarity determined by? There are many factors, but the
most important is that it has become evident that the oligarchy is a
bone in the throat of not only Armenia but also the Diaspora and the
whole nation.
Despite the attempts of the Ministry of Diaspora to invite Armenians
`home', they prefer having holidays, investing, working and living out
of Armenia. Even the Armenians, who are leaving Syria, come to Armenia
very rarely. The reason is that Armenia is divided into several clans,
which don't allow `others' in, lead dilettante foreign policy, plunge
Armenia into the debt hole and maneuver between the West and the
North.
The Diaspora's support may enable the Armenian opposition and the
civil society to achieve big victories. There are many small ones -
the Moscow cinema, the Trchkan waterfall and the Mashtots Park, as
well as Ruben Hairapetyan's resignation. But now it is necessary to
raise certain issues, more global such as the recognition of the
parliamentary elections as void, formation of an independent CEC and
free elections.
The ground for such claims has matured both in the sense of the
mobilization of the civil society and the readiness of the authorities
to concessions and the position of the world community. If, we add the
Diaspora factor, the task won't seem unreal.
The current parliament should be dissolved and first of all, the
parliamentary forces, which hardly passed the election limit, should
be interested in fair elections to have many more mandates.
The Diaspora too should be interested in this, which does not have
levers of influence on Armenia's policy. The ministry of Diaspora was
created to give a ghetto status to the Diaspora Armenians, to isolate
them from the state issues and to limit their presence in Armenia up
to `coming home for holidays'.
It is necessary to provide quotas in the parliament for the Diaspora
too. But the most important is that it is necessary to remove the
oligarchic bone from out throat, and then, the Diaspora and Armenia
will become parts of a single organism.