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"I WANT TO WARN THAT IT IS A DANGEROUS AND VERY RISKY POLICY," MOVSES SHAHVERDYAN SAYS
May 9 2013
"I clearly see that the current government is carrying out the
policy that was pursued in the first half of the 1990s by forming
this new Cabinet, in which no outward changes have been made," Movses
Shahverdyan, the leader of the Armenian Labor Socialist Party (ALSP),
said about the changes in the Cabinet during a conversation with
www.aravot.am. "I want to warn that this is a dangerous and very risky
policy. We know quite well what policy was pursued in the first half
of the 1990s, at whose behest it was pursued, under whose influence
and what it led the then government to. I don't think that the current
government will achieve better results. Let us remember the 1995-1996
elections and the events of 1998. If they are going to put into
effect their option of 'War or Peace?' let us wait for a new, similar
article. However, remember how it ended," our interlocutor says. With
regard to the opposition camp, Shahverdyan notes: "Unfortunately,
our politicians in the Armenian opposition camp take the liberty of
expressing themselves a bit unrestrainedly. One shouldn't act like
that. They make strong statements about each other quite easily.
However, the issue here is not whether they are right or wrong, honest
or dishonest, but rather if we have a common cause, there is a common
goal, whether those steps, statements, and actions help or harm that
common cause." According to Shahverdyan, Armenia enters a whole new
phase, which will not be political struggle in the sense we have
understood it so far. "We enter the phase of national struggle for
liberation, which has its unique logic and methods. Ter-Petrossian
has talked about the bourgeois democratic revolution several times
recently, and he established the Armenian National Congress (ANC)
following India's example. The definition 'bourgeois democratic' is
mostly obsolete nowadays, but they can use it, if they want to. I
just want them to follow the example of that same India and many
other countries, which went through national struggle for liberation,
solving national and government problems; I just want to remind that
in such cases, the bourgeoisie existing in the country splits into two
parts - national bourgeoisie and compradors. Now the moment of truth
has arrived, and it should be clarified who is in what camp, is with
whom, will do what during this struggle, who is a comprador, who will
cooperate with the government, and who will stand by the people. The
well-off should clarify their future place and role." Nelly GRIGORYAN
Read more at: http://en.aravot.am/2013/05/09/154236/
© 1998 - 2013 Aravot - News from Armenia
May 9 2013
"I clearly see that the current government is carrying out the
policy that was pursued in the first half of the 1990s by forming
this new Cabinet, in which no outward changes have been made," Movses
Shahverdyan, the leader of the Armenian Labor Socialist Party (ALSP),
said about the changes in the Cabinet during a conversation with
www.aravot.am. "I want to warn that this is a dangerous and very risky
policy. We know quite well what policy was pursued in the first half
of the 1990s, at whose behest it was pursued, under whose influence
and what it led the then government to. I don't think that the current
government will achieve better results. Let us remember the 1995-1996
elections and the events of 1998. If they are going to put into
effect their option of 'War or Peace?' let us wait for a new, similar
article. However, remember how it ended," our interlocutor says. With
regard to the opposition camp, Shahverdyan notes: "Unfortunately,
our politicians in the Armenian opposition camp take the liberty of
expressing themselves a bit unrestrainedly. One shouldn't act like
that. They make strong statements about each other quite easily.
However, the issue here is not whether they are right or wrong, honest
or dishonest, but rather if we have a common cause, there is a common
goal, whether those steps, statements, and actions help or harm that
common cause." According to Shahverdyan, Armenia enters a whole new
phase, which will not be political struggle in the sense we have
understood it so far. "We enter the phase of national struggle for
liberation, which has its unique logic and methods. Ter-Petrossian
has talked about the bourgeois democratic revolution several times
recently, and he established the Armenian National Congress (ANC)
following India's example. The definition 'bourgeois democratic' is
mostly obsolete nowadays, but they can use it, if they want to. I
just want them to follow the example of that same India and many
other countries, which went through national struggle for liberation,
solving national and government problems; I just want to remind that
in such cases, the bourgeoisie existing in the country splits into two
parts - national bourgeoisie and compradors. Now the moment of truth
has arrived, and it should be clarified who is in what camp, is with
whom, will do what during this struggle, who is a comprador, who will
cooperate with the government, and who will stand by the people. The
well-off should clarify their future place and role." Nelly GRIGORYAN
Read more at: http://en.aravot.am/2013/05/09/154236/
© 1998 - 2013 Aravot - News from Armenia