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OPPOSITIONIST: WEST WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT FREEDOM HOUSE'S REPORT ON ARMENIA WHEN PROVIDING FINANCIAL AID
ARMINFO
Wednesday, June 19, 16:01
Freedom House human rights organization's report on Armenia is
objective, but it is a political instrument for the world power
centers, Aram Karapetyan, Leader of New Times opposition party,
told ArmInfo.
He said that blaming such organizations as Freedom House or Amnesty
International for impartiality - except some insignificant faults -
is wrong. Western democracies rely on them when making decisions. The
politician believes that Freedom House's data on Armenia fully
reflect the situation in the country. Armenia is truly a country with
semi-authoritarian regime.
"Over the last 5-6 years the authorities have been applying to the
so-called soft force, soft dictatorship. The authorities do not make
demonstrative repressions, do not fire at people or attack them with
batons. Nevertheless, there is overall soft pressure on opponents.
The public and political life is under control of the ruling regime.
Television is in the hands of the authorities. Unnecessary elements
are gradually being ousted from the political and public life,"
Karapetyan said.
Freedom House's rating will be used against Yerevan, if necessary, for
instance, when providing foreign loans or other financial aid, he said.
Armenia proved in the category of the countries with semi-consolidated
authoritarian regime in the Nations in Transit 2013 - Freedom
House's comprehensive, comparative study of democratic development
in 29 countries from Central Europe to Eurasia. This edition covers
the period from January 1 through December 31, 2012 and measures
progress according to the following indicators: electoral process,
civil society, independent media, national democratic governance,
local democratic governance, judicial framework and independence,
and corruption.
The democracy score of Armenia is 5.36 in the ratings based on a scale
of 1 to 7, with 1 representing the highest level of democratic progress
and 7 the lowest. The Democracy Score is an average of ratings for
the categories tracked in a given year.
Along with Ukraine (4.86), Georgia (4.75) and Kyrghyzstan (5.96)
proved in the transitional category where the leaderships of Ukraine
and Georgia are qualified as 'transitional governor or hybrid regime'
and the leaderships of Armenia and Kyrghyzstan as 'semi-consolidated
authoritarian regime.'
ARMINFO
Wednesday, June 19, 16:01
Freedom House human rights organization's report on Armenia is
objective, but it is a political instrument for the world power
centers, Aram Karapetyan, Leader of New Times opposition party,
told ArmInfo.
He said that blaming such organizations as Freedom House or Amnesty
International for impartiality - except some insignificant faults -
is wrong. Western democracies rely on them when making decisions. The
politician believes that Freedom House's data on Armenia fully
reflect the situation in the country. Armenia is truly a country with
semi-authoritarian regime.
"Over the last 5-6 years the authorities have been applying to the
so-called soft force, soft dictatorship. The authorities do not make
demonstrative repressions, do not fire at people or attack them with
batons. Nevertheless, there is overall soft pressure on opponents.
The public and political life is under control of the ruling regime.
Television is in the hands of the authorities. Unnecessary elements
are gradually being ousted from the political and public life,"
Karapetyan said.
Freedom House's rating will be used against Yerevan, if necessary, for
instance, when providing foreign loans or other financial aid, he said.
Armenia proved in the category of the countries with semi-consolidated
authoritarian regime in the Nations in Transit 2013 - Freedom
House's comprehensive, comparative study of democratic development
in 29 countries from Central Europe to Eurasia. This edition covers
the period from January 1 through December 31, 2012 and measures
progress according to the following indicators: electoral process,
civil society, independent media, national democratic governance,
local democratic governance, judicial framework and independence,
and corruption.
The democracy score of Armenia is 5.36 in the ratings based on a scale
of 1 to 7, with 1 representing the highest level of democratic progress
and 7 the lowest. The Democracy Score is an average of ratings for
the categories tracked in a given year.
Along with Ukraine (4.86), Georgia (4.75) and Kyrghyzstan (5.96)
proved in the transitional category where the leaderships of Ukraine
and Georgia are qualified as 'transitional governor or hybrid regime'
and the leaderships of Armenia and Kyrghyzstan as 'semi-consolidated
authoritarian regime.'