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APPEAL TO CANDIDATES: GET OUT OF SHADOW
http://www.lragir.am/index.php/eng/0/country/view/28610
13:55 11/01/2013
Story from Lragir.am News:
The presidential candidate Andrias Ghukasyan has urged the other
presidential candidates to withdraw from the race. Paruir Hairikyan's
answer followed who said, "It is not clear to me that he reserves the
moral right to urge something without meeting with the candidates
or discussing anything." We asked Stepan Danielyan, head of the
Collaboration for Democracy Centre NGO, to comment on this answer.
"This is a brief but interesting answer which condenses in itself the
political, cultural, mentality peculiarities of Armenia. And perhaps
this answer would not be worth a discussion were it not typical of
other politicians."
"In Armenia the political processes take place secretly from the
public, backstage deals are made. Considering Mr. Hairikyan's political
experience, it is difficult to change his behavior and thinking but we
need a new thinking, and the main focus must be on the transparency
of political processes. Andrias Ghukasyan has made a public appeal
to the candidates and is waiting for an answer. I repeat the key to
new thinking must be transparency of decision making.
The second typical thing is the phrase "moral right". A person who
urges to go to "free Armenia" must understand that in free countries
people have equal rights and people are equal, including in moral
terms, unless one's immorality is proved. Here Mr. Hairikyan and the
other political and public men must understand that the main problem
of Armenia is the principle of "inequality".
I reserve the moral right to call all the candidates to be polite and
specific in their speeches and ready that all the political processes
will be public."
http://www.lragir.am/index.php/eng/0/country/view/28610
13:55 11/01/2013
Story from Lragir.am News:
The presidential candidate Andrias Ghukasyan has urged the other
presidential candidates to withdraw from the race. Paruir Hairikyan's
answer followed who said, "It is not clear to me that he reserves the
moral right to urge something without meeting with the candidates
or discussing anything." We asked Stepan Danielyan, head of the
Collaboration for Democracy Centre NGO, to comment on this answer.
"This is a brief but interesting answer which condenses in itself the
political, cultural, mentality peculiarities of Armenia. And perhaps
this answer would not be worth a discussion were it not typical of
other politicians."
"In Armenia the political processes take place secretly from the
public, backstage deals are made. Considering Mr. Hairikyan's political
experience, it is difficult to change his behavior and thinking but we
need a new thinking, and the main focus must be on the transparency
of political processes. Andrias Ghukasyan has made a public appeal
to the candidates and is waiting for an answer. I repeat the key to
new thinking must be transparency of decision making.
The second typical thing is the phrase "moral right". A person who
urges to go to "free Armenia" must understand that in free countries
people have equal rights and people are equal, including in moral
terms, unless one's immorality is proved. Here Mr. Hairikyan and the
other political and public men must understand that the main problem
of Armenia is the principle of "inequality".
I reserve the moral right to call all the candidates to be polite and
specific in their speeches and ready that all the political processes
will be public."