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SERZH SARGSYAN OPENED PANDORA'S BOX
Siranuysh Papyan
15:47 18/03/2013
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index.php/eng/0/interview/view/29322
Interview with Editor-in-Chief of Ararat magazine, Alen Simonyan
Alen, you said at Freedom Square that this is not a fight of form
but content. What is the content or the feature of this fight?
The feature is that Raffi Hovannisian decided that the leader of
the fight is the people: he is not the leader but only a part of the
fight. Here, the president has always been perceived as the king, but
we don't need a king, we need a system with dissidents and separate
forces. In reality, processes are happening in the post-electoral
Armenia to which Raffi has no relation, it is the civil society to
decide the sequence of steps. For example, the students' strike, the
failure of the OSCE/ODIHR observers' press conference, the incident
with Mukuchyan in the Constitutional Court. This is a wave of total
discontent. Change of generation and thinking is underway in this
country, which has brought about the necessity for a total change.
The formation of shadow government is discussed at Freedom Square. Is
the power possible to legitimize it?
I think the government will attach importance and will legitimize
the shadow government. Though it is a new technology, it will still
have its consequences. The power may affirm there is no problem in
our country, but we see that it is not unequivocal; we saw that the
second person of the republic visited Raffi, I'm sure Serzh Sargsyan
will visit him too. No one can say what will happen. What if 200.000
people gather on April 9, what will Serzh Sargsyan do?
Is any compromise possible in this situation?
The only concession may be the parliamentary elections in a while.
Sure, the authorities won't agree to hold presidential elections,
while parliamentary elections may be presented by Serzh Sargsyan as
a concession.
Is the opposition possible to record unprecedented results in Yerevan
Mayoral elections?
The authorities will have its usual attitude, the same goes for the
opposition, which won't unite. Heritage will try to involve the civil
society in its list. The authorities will try to give to Heritage as
few votes as possible trying to stop the movement. While the Yerevan
residents should be conscious and should vote, so we will be possible
to get what we got at presidential elections. We should not forget
the PAP, which will be an important player in the mayoral elections.
One thing is sure, in four years, this issue will be much bigger for
the authorities. This is a process, which can't be stopped: people
think and raise claims. Serzh Sargsyan said this is Armenia of free
speech and so he opened Pandora's Box.
Many say the movement is apolitical.
Who said the platform should be political and only political figures
should deliver speech? People are tired of seeing such political
figures as Artashes Geghamyan, Hayk Babukhanyan and many others.
Unfortunately, the political figure has no relation to people today,
so people separated from political figure. It is up to the civil
movement to form political figures and political agenda.
Siranuysh Papyan
15:47 18/03/2013
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index.php/eng/0/interview/view/29322
Interview with Editor-in-Chief of Ararat magazine, Alen Simonyan
Alen, you said at Freedom Square that this is not a fight of form
but content. What is the content or the feature of this fight?
The feature is that Raffi Hovannisian decided that the leader of
the fight is the people: he is not the leader but only a part of the
fight. Here, the president has always been perceived as the king, but
we don't need a king, we need a system with dissidents and separate
forces. In reality, processes are happening in the post-electoral
Armenia to which Raffi has no relation, it is the civil society to
decide the sequence of steps. For example, the students' strike, the
failure of the OSCE/ODIHR observers' press conference, the incident
with Mukuchyan in the Constitutional Court. This is a wave of total
discontent. Change of generation and thinking is underway in this
country, which has brought about the necessity for a total change.
The formation of shadow government is discussed at Freedom Square. Is
the power possible to legitimize it?
I think the government will attach importance and will legitimize
the shadow government. Though it is a new technology, it will still
have its consequences. The power may affirm there is no problem in
our country, but we see that it is not unequivocal; we saw that the
second person of the republic visited Raffi, I'm sure Serzh Sargsyan
will visit him too. No one can say what will happen. What if 200.000
people gather on April 9, what will Serzh Sargsyan do?
Is any compromise possible in this situation?
The only concession may be the parliamentary elections in a while.
Sure, the authorities won't agree to hold presidential elections,
while parliamentary elections may be presented by Serzh Sargsyan as
a concession.
Is the opposition possible to record unprecedented results in Yerevan
Mayoral elections?
The authorities will have its usual attitude, the same goes for the
opposition, which won't unite. Heritage will try to involve the civil
society in its list. The authorities will try to give to Heritage as
few votes as possible trying to stop the movement. While the Yerevan
residents should be conscious and should vote, so we will be possible
to get what we got at presidential elections. We should not forget
the PAP, which will be an important player in the mayoral elections.
One thing is sure, in four years, this issue will be much bigger for
the authorities. This is a process, which can't be stopped: people
think and raise claims. Serzh Sargsyan said this is Armenia of free
speech and so he opened Pandora's Box.
Many say the movement is apolitical.
Who said the platform should be political and only political figures
should deliver speech? People are tired of seeing such political
figures as Artashes Geghamyan, Hayk Babukhanyan and many others.
Unfortunately, the political figure has no relation to people today,
so people separated from political figure. It is up to the civil
movement to form political figures and political agenda.