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0.1% VICTORY
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/comments26157.html
Published: 15:43:12 - 11/05/2012
The participants of the protest in Moscow's Chistoprudni Park were able
to keep the toilets. The activists blocked the way of the car which
was trying to remove the toilets from the park. The demonstrators
considered it as an attempt to prevent their people's walk.
After Member of Parliament Dmitry Gudkov, TV presenter Ksenia Sobchak
and opposition movement leader Ilya Yashin's interference the car
stopped, and another 3 toilets were brought to the park.
The Russian opposition organizes political walks, like those of
the Armenian National Congress on North Avenue. Later the Congress
launched a 24/8 sit-in on Freedom Square to "save" the dialogue with
the government, while the government closed all the toilets around the
square. Levon Ter-Petrosyan urged Serzh Sargsyan to open the toilets
but the latter did not recall this inhuman step, while Republican
Galust Sahakyan called for bringing chamber pots to the square.
In fact, the only thing that interests Serzh Sargsyan is the following:
will the participants of the protest obey this inhuman order or will
they take steps to open at least one toilet? At first sight, this is
a minor issue. In reality, after making sure that the opposition will
obey, Serzh Sargsyan set to handle the parliamentary elections. The
Congress ran in these elections and entered the parliament with only
0.1%. 0.1% for the courageous ones.
In the meantime, a significant development was there not far from
the Freedom Square. A group of young activists defied the illegal
decision of the government in Mashtots Park. They announced that the
country belongs to them and struggle for 3 months and the groups
of citizens willing to dismantle the boutiques illegally built on
the public land joined then, and joint efforts were productive -
the government removed the boutiques.
Interestingly, all through the struggle, the Congress used the press
and social networks to play down the importance of the civil struggle
and real achievement. The theory of conspiracy was made complete by
Serzh Sargsyan with his "esthetic visit" to the park and instruction
to dismantle the boutiques.
Neither Serzh Sargsyan, nor the Congress needed the uncontrollable
victory of the citizens who dismantled the status quo. Moreover,
it is dangerous for them, and Serzh Sargsyan tried to misappropriate
the victory, while the Congress ascribed it to Serzh Sargsyan. And
altogether they achieved a 0.1% victory.
Then Serzh Sargsyan set to revenge on the activists of the park.
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/comments26157.html
Published: 15:43:12 - 11/05/2012
The participants of the protest in Moscow's Chistoprudni Park were able
to keep the toilets. The activists blocked the way of the car which
was trying to remove the toilets from the park. The demonstrators
considered it as an attempt to prevent their people's walk.
After Member of Parliament Dmitry Gudkov, TV presenter Ksenia Sobchak
and opposition movement leader Ilya Yashin's interference the car
stopped, and another 3 toilets were brought to the park.
The Russian opposition organizes political walks, like those of
the Armenian National Congress on North Avenue. Later the Congress
launched a 24/8 sit-in on Freedom Square to "save" the dialogue with
the government, while the government closed all the toilets around the
square. Levon Ter-Petrosyan urged Serzh Sargsyan to open the toilets
but the latter did not recall this inhuman step, while Republican
Galust Sahakyan called for bringing chamber pots to the square.
In fact, the only thing that interests Serzh Sargsyan is the following:
will the participants of the protest obey this inhuman order or will
they take steps to open at least one toilet? At first sight, this is
a minor issue. In reality, after making sure that the opposition will
obey, Serzh Sargsyan set to handle the parliamentary elections. The
Congress ran in these elections and entered the parliament with only
0.1%. 0.1% for the courageous ones.
In the meantime, a significant development was there not far from
the Freedom Square. A group of young activists defied the illegal
decision of the government in Mashtots Park. They announced that the
country belongs to them and struggle for 3 months and the groups
of citizens willing to dismantle the boutiques illegally built on
the public land joined then, and joint efforts were productive -
the government removed the boutiques.
Interestingly, all through the struggle, the Congress used the press
and social networks to play down the importance of the civil struggle
and real achievement. The theory of conspiracy was made complete by
Serzh Sargsyan with his "esthetic visit" to the park and instruction
to dismantle the boutiques.
Neither Serzh Sargsyan, nor the Congress needed the uncontrollable
victory of the citizens who dismantled the status quo. Moreover,
it is dangerous for them, and Serzh Sargsyan tried to misappropriate
the victory, while the Congress ascribed it to Serzh Sargsyan. And
altogether they achieved a 0.1% victory.
Then Serzh Sargsyan set to revenge on the activists of the park.