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ARF: Hope Doesn't Die Even After Death
Igor Muradyan
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/comments26567.html
Published: 15:04:27 - 15/06/2012
The political leaders of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun are like a white mulberry
tree to which a branch
of black mulberry is
grafted. The party got this imp in 1998, and it played a trick on the
party, especially its leadership
.
Throughout these fruitless and meaningless years the indicator of success
for the party leaders has been cooperation with authorities. In addition,
it is difficult to call it cooperation, and the ministers nominated by this
party hardly played any role in administration and politics. As a result,
the party could not even predict the decision of the president to agree to
recognize the state border with Turkey.
Nevertheless, the ARF leadership cannot owe Robert Kocharyan or Serzh
Sargsyan a grudge. The ARF leadership received from the government
everything they could expect, and what they received was disproportionately
substantial. The past parliamentary election was a clear disaster for the
party. The party is on the verge of an internal revolution, and the Supreme
Body of the party in Armenia has already preferred a definite non-systemic
solution for the leader of the parliamentary group.
This is a small episode, of course but it is absolutely clear that the
party leadership must be changed. In addition, a lot of members who have
turned to petty bourgeois used to timeserving took this fresh wind in the
moldy air with apparent enthusiasm.
At the same time, the political leadership of the party, as always, seeks
cooperation, or rather provision of services to the authorities. (This
multi-year cooperation has automatically led to a plot with the Armenian
National Movement which is beyond understanding.)
In NKR the party supported the incumbent president in the upcoming
elections. In Armenia there is no reason for that. Moreover, the
incumbent president is not interested in the support of `Dashnaktsutyun'
party. Nevertheless, the party leaders do not lose hope for a `call' as
an opportunity for cooperation with the government.
Apparently, hope does not die even at the end when one is already
hopeless. The amazing staunch and consistency can have only mystic and
sacral reasons. Cooperation with the authorities is not a taboo but what
are the reasons in this case? Apparently, there are simply no other
decisions and understandings of future.
One can discuss in detail the reasons of failures of the ARF but how can
one expect success if since repatriation the party leaders and
ideologists have announced that it is a regular party, and ARF should be
like the rest? Who needs another `regular' party and who needs
Dashnaktsutyun if they are like all the rest?
Better have tails and hoofs than be like all the others. Things are not
moving as slow as some people think, things are moving on, and for the
time being we will support those who are trying to change the state of
things in this party. Real work is waiting. No confusion and doubt, it
is time for good organization and understanding of goals, we are facing
war and giant changes.
Igor Muradyan
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/comments26567.html
Published: 15:04:27 - 15/06/2012
The political leaders of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun are like a white mulberry
tree to which a branch
of black mulberry is
grafted. The party got this imp in 1998, and it played a trick on the
party, especially its leadership
.
Throughout these fruitless and meaningless years the indicator of success
for the party leaders has been cooperation with authorities. In addition,
it is difficult to call it cooperation, and the ministers nominated by this
party hardly played any role in administration and politics. As a result,
the party could not even predict the decision of the president to agree to
recognize the state border with Turkey.
Nevertheless, the ARF leadership cannot owe Robert Kocharyan or Serzh
Sargsyan a grudge. The ARF leadership received from the government
everything they could expect, and what they received was disproportionately
substantial. The past parliamentary election was a clear disaster for the
party. The party is on the verge of an internal revolution, and the Supreme
Body of the party in Armenia has already preferred a definite non-systemic
solution for the leader of the parliamentary group.
This is a small episode, of course but it is absolutely clear that the
party leadership must be changed. In addition, a lot of members who have
turned to petty bourgeois used to timeserving took this fresh wind in the
moldy air with apparent enthusiasm.
At the same time, the political leadership of the party, as always, seeks
cooperation, or rather provision of services to the authorities. (This
multi-year cooperation has automatically led to a plot with the Armenian
National Movement which is beyond understanding.)
In NKR the party supported the incumbent president in the upcoming
elections. In Armenia there is no reason for that. Moreover, the
incumbent president is not interested in the support of `Dashnaktsutyun'
party. Nevertheless, the party leaders do not lose hope for a `call' as
an opportunity for cooperation with the government.
Apparently, hope does not die even at the end when one is already
hopeless. The amazing staunch and consistency can have only mystic and
sacral reasons. Cooperation with the authorities is not a taboo but what
are the reasons in this case? Apparently, there are simply no other
decisions and understandings of future.
One can discuss in detail the reasons of failures of the ARF but how can
one expect success if since repatriation the party leaders and
ideologists have announced that it is a regular party, and ARF should be
like the rest? Who needs another `regular' party and who needs
Dashnaktsutyun if they are like all the rest?
Better have tails and hoofs than be like all the others. Things are not
moving as slow as some people think, things are moving on, and for the
time being we will support those who are trying to change the state of
things in this party. Real work is waiting. No confusion and doubt, it
is time for good organization and understanding of goals, we are facing
war and giant changes.