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ARMENIAN PARTIES ANNOUNCED THEIR DISSOLUTION
Politics in Armenia became the property of groups of civil society
activists and journalists who try to raise issues, hold protests and
influence the domestic and even international decisions.
The feeling is that Armenian political parties passed away or are
sleeping deeply, like former governor of Syunik. None of the parties,
except Heritage, tried to give political assessments to the dynamically
developing events in Armenia, connected with the foreign policies,
social decisions which are also tied to the foreign policies.
The silence of these parties is equivalent to a declaration of
dissolution. Because the party is an organized structure designed to
express and promote the interests of certain parts of the society.
Silence of the parties regarding the increase in gas price (then
transport), sales of Russian weapons to Azerbaijan, Armenia-EU
Association and Karabakh's place in the process, prosecutor general's
statement about the territorial claims to Turkey, means that these
processes do not touch the "vital" interests of the leadership of
these parties. They have more important things to do.
Party leaders have demonstrated complete bankruptcy, not only during
the last electoral process, but also after it, when, according to
Serzh Sargsyan, "the power went into action". Immediately after the
elections, a new phase of state racketeering against people started,
and the parties are quietly watching to see how people are squeezed
out.
Why do we need such parties? ARF Dashnaktsutyun, after the unpleasant
story with Hrant Margaryan, who said that Tigran Sargsyan is
in war with him, didn't take up any political step against the
state racketeering. Heritage, for example, proposed to convene an
extraordinary session but no one supported this proposal.
Even the Armenian National Congress does not react to calls. But this
fact does not surprise anyone, just like no one is surprised that
after the stunning presentation of the church in Abovyan involving
Lukashenko, Tsarukyan vanished into thin air.
Perhaps those representatives of civil movements, who urged not to
allow parties to civil actions, were right. Actually, the parties
did not aspire to it, because they never thought that the function
of parties is also to organize the participation of citizens in
decision-making.
It is time for all parties, without exception, to announce their
dissolution. It is not necessary to pretend with serious faces that
while citizens are fighting for mercantile laws, parties think about
global issues. There are no global questions - parties are just busy
finding out who orders articles against them and who can pay for the
answer. While they are trying to find this out, Armenia is running
out of population.
Naira Hayrumyan 15:11 19/07/2013 Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/country/view/30506
Politics in Armenia became the property of groups of civil society
activists and journalists who try to raise issues, hold protests and
influence the domestic and even international decisions.
The feeling is that Armenian political parties passed away or are
sleeping deeply, like former governor of Syunik. None of the parties,
except Heritage, tried to give political assessments to the dynamically
developing events in Armenia, connected with the foreign policies,
social decisions which are also tied to the foreign policies.
The silence of these parties is equivalent to a declaration of
dissolution. Because the party is an organized structure designed to
express and promote the interests of certain parts of the society.
Silence of the parties regarding the increase in gas price (then
transport), sales of Russian weapons to Azerbaijan, Armenia-EU
Association and Karabakh's place in the process, prosecutor general's
statement about the territorial claims to Turkey, means that these
processes do not touch the "vital" interests of the leadership of
these parties. They have more important things to do.
Party leaders have demonstrated complete bankruptcy, not only during
the last electoral process, but also after it, when, according to
Serzh Sargsyan, "the power went into action". Immediately after the
elections, a new phase of state racketeering against people started,
and the parties are quietly watching to see how people are squeezed
out.
Why do we need such parties? ARF Dashnaktsutyun, after the unpleasant
story with Hrant Margaryan, who said that Tigran Sargsyan is
in war with him, didn't take up any political step against the
state racketeering. Heritage, for example, proposed to convene an
extraordinary session but no one supported this proposal.
Even the Armenian National Congress does not react to calls. But this
fact does not surprise anyone, just like no one is surprised that
after the stunning presentation of the church in Abovyan involving
Lukashenko, Tsarukyan vanished into thin air.
Perhaps those representatives of civil movements, who urged not to
allow parties to civil actions, were right. Actually, the parties
did not aspire to it, because they never thought that the function
of parties is also to organize the participation of citizens in
decision-making.
It is time for all parties, without exception, to announce their
dissolution. It is not necessary to pretend with serious faces that
while citizens are fighting for mercantile laws, parties think about
global issues. There are no global questions - parties are just busy
finding out who orders articles against them and who can pay for the
answer. While they are trying to find this out, Armenia is running
out of population.
Naira Hayrumyan 15:11 19/07/2013 Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/country/view/30506