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Armenia Is Burying The Soviet Man
Friday, March 1st, 2013
Armenian Central Election Commission issues the official results of
Armenia's presidential elections
BY SETO BOYADJIAN, ESQ.
While the Central Electoral Commission made its announcement last
Monday on the bogus results of the February 18 presidential election
in Armenia, the people on Yerevan's Freedom Square dictated the real
outcome of the presidential elections.
Acting at the behest of the ruling regime, the Commission declared
incumbent Serge Sarkisian as the victor with utmost disregard of the
consequences to the country and the people. In fact, it rubber stamped
the ongoing usurpation of power by fraud and deceit that began back in
1990's during the heydays of former President Levon Ter Peterossian.
The irony in declaring Serge Sarkisian the winner is that the ruling
clique is totally disconnected with the political reality expressed
and exercised by the people of Armenia. The Commission's declaration
constitutes a last ditch effort to officialize Sarkisian's second
term, irrespective of its devastating cost to Armenia and the nation.
Sarkisian and his people fail to realize the outbreak of a real
people's revolution on Freedom Square.
The people in Armenia have broken their bonds with the old Soviet
mold. For decades the centrally dictated Soviet style of politics is
over. The era of thinking and acting as a subservient is over. Today,
the citizens of Armenia are shedding aside the Soviet political
culture. They have entered the era of a political culture that is
inspired and bred by the ideals of a free and independent Armenia.
The `audacity' of the forty percent of the people voting against
Sarkisian and the popular movement spreading throughout the country
provide a manifest testimony to the rise of the new democratic
political culture in Armenia.
The people do not fear anymore Armenia's all-powerful oligarchs and
their tentacles spread all over the levers of the government. In
townships and villages, even in major cities, they dared the threats
and duress of the ruling regime as they entered the polling booths to
vote for president.
The people have acquired the civic wisdom of distinguishing between a
self-serving candidate and the person dedicated to serve the people
and the country. They have now learned to appreciate and support
leaders who truly believe in public service as opposed to those in
pursuit of selfish exploitations.
The people have developed an utter distrust of the successive rulers
who have hoarded wealth in their personal coffers and contributed
indiscriminate benefits to their oligarchic clans. In the past, these
rules were tolerated and even supported because they were `native'
Armenians. Today, the people of Armenia seek, trust and support honest
and dedicated leaders whether they are natives of Armenia or are from
the Diaspora. A taboo is broken. The test is trustworthiness and not
the geographic origin of the leader.
The popular movement today that is taking over Armenia from village to
townships, from major cities to counties, is indicative of the new
newly acquired political culture. Such movements in the past were
focused on the acquisition and accumulation of power by one group for
another. That approach was a legacy of the Soviet upbringing. The
people's movement today does not seek the replacement of one clan by
another. Its objective is to restore law, order and justice in the
country. Its target is to return the reins of power to the people -
the lawful owners of the country and the state.
Serzh Sarkisian and his ruling clique are under siege by the new
political culture. They have no recourse. The Soviet man is dead.
Seto Boyadjian is an attorney and serves on the national board of ANCA.
- See more at: http://asbarez.com/108584/armenia-is-burying-the-soviet-man/#sthash.karXT2YI.dpuf
Friday, March 1st, 2013
Armenian Central Election Commission issues the official results of
Armenia's presidential elections
BY SETO BOYADJIAN, ESQ.
While the Central Electoral Commission made its announcement last
Monday on the bogus results of the February 18 presidential election
in Armenia, the people on Yerevan's Freedom Square dictated the real
outcome of the presidential elections.
Acting at the behest of the ruling regime, the Commission declared
incumbent Serge Sarkisian as the victor with utmost disregard of the
consequences to the country and the people. In fact, it rubber stamped
the ongoing usurpation of power by fraud and deceit that began back in
1990's during the heydays of former President Levon Ter Peterossian.
The irony in declaring Serge Sarkisian the winner is that the ruling
clique is totally disconnected with the political reality expressed
and exercised by the people of Armenia. The Commission's declaration
constitutes a last ditch effort to officialize Sarkisian's second
term, irrespective of its devastating cost to Armenia and the nation.
Sarkisian and his people fail to realize the outbreak of a real
people's revolution on Freedom Square.
The people in Armenia have broken their bonds with the old Soviet
mold. For decades the centrally dictated Soviet style of politics is
over. The era of thinking and acting as a subservient is over. Today,
the citizens of Armenia are shedding aside the Soviet political
culture. They have entered the era of a political culture that is
inspired and bred by the ideals of a free and independent Armenia.
The `audacity' of the forty percent of the people voting against
Sarkisian and the popular movement spreading throughout the country
provide a manifest testimony to the rise of the new democratic
political culture in Armenia.
The people do not fear anymore Armenia's all-powerful oligarchs and
their tentacles spread all over the levers of the government. In
townships and villages, even in major cities, they dared the threats
and duress of the ruling regime as they entered the polling booths to
vote for president.
The people have acquired the civic wisdom of distinguishing between a
self-serving candidate and the person dedicated to serve the people
and the country. They have now learned to appreciate and support
leaders who truly believe in public service as opposed to those in
pursuit of selfish exploitations.
The people have developed an utter distrust of the successive rulers
who have hoarded wealth in their personal coffers and contributed
indiscriminate benefits to their oligarchic clans. In the past, these
rules were tolerated and even supported because they were `native'
Armenians. Today, the people of Armenia seek, trust and support honest
and dedicated leaders whether they are natives of Armenia or are from
the Diaspora. A taboo is broken. The test is trustworthiness and not
the geographic origin of the leader.
The popular movement today that is taking over Armenia from village to
townships, from major cities to counties, is indicative of the new
newly acquired political culture. Such movements in the past were
focused on the acquisition and accumulation of power by one group for
another. That approach was a legacy of the Soviet upbringing. The
people's movement today does not seek the replacement of one clan by
another. Its objective is to restore law, order and justice in the
country. Its target is to return the reins of power to the people -
the lawful owners of the country and the state.
Serzh Sarkisian and his ruling clique are under siege by the new
political culture. They have no recourse. The Soviet man is dead.
Seto Boyadjian is an attorney and serves on the national board of ANCA.
- See more at: http://asbarez.com/108584/armenia-is-burying-the-soviet-man/#sthash.karXT2YI.dpuf