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New Armenian National Movement party to fight for democratic Armenia -
Alexander Arzumanyan
12:30 / 09.11.2013
Four former members of the Armenian National Movement - Alexander
Arzumayan, Ararat Zurabyan, Hovhannes Igityan and Karapet Rubinyan -
revived the party on October 26. Nyut.am spoke with MP Alexander
Arzumanyan about the programs of the party, attitude of people toward
it.
- Mr Arzumanyan, each party has issues, was not it possible in your
case to solve them and not open a new ANM?
- You are right. But we did not have the issue of splitting. The party
did not exist. By the time we convened congress there was no Armenian
National Movement party it has turned into another one. Of course,
there was no need to display the disputes of the party, especially in
the one where democratic principles are dominating. Multi-opinion is
the basis of the Armenian National Movement party. As far as a group
of people decided to annul the party, another group that consider the
years spent in the party inseparable part of their lives decided to
revive it. We are trying to re-register the party that was created in
1988 from people's movement.
- How are your relations with ANC leader Levon Ter-Petrosyan? Has he
already congratulated you on the revival of the party?
- We have not contacted with Levon Ter-Petrosyan for the past 1-2
years due to technical reasons as well. I do not think that personal
relations have suffered during that period. No official response,
congratulation has followed, moreover some of ANC members even said
there is Armenian National Movement NGO registered. But we do not want
to engage in such issues. As to the ANC, our principle is that we will
cooperate over the issues and not with individuals or parties.
- Isn't the Armenian National Movement being associated with Levon
Ter-Petrosyan?
- So much water flowed from the tenure of Levon Ter-Petrosyan, so many
sufferings people faced. We must leave the previous three presidents
back and help the young generation come forward.
- Are the programs of the new party differ from the previous one ideologically?
- It is almost the same, we just updated it. The charter is the same,
no ideological changes have been made. We have always sought to make
Armenia a free, independent, democratic state. We know that people's
rights are not ensured here, we do not have unbiased courts, we have
corrupted system. We will work to bring to life the provisions of our
program we have proclaimed still in 1988.
- After leaving the Armenian National Movement you founded Free
Democrats party and now you are member of the Heritage faction. Isn't
it a bit confused?
- Free Democrats is the party founded by members of the Armenian
National Movement who left the party. After we wanted to start the
process of reviving the party, we talked with our friends from Free
Democrats and we have good relations with them. As to the Heritage, I
appeared in the faction as we ran in the elections with the joint
list. I will remain in the faction and represent the Armenian National
Movement.
- On October 26 you stated that the party has restored to fight
against tyranny. How do you plan to fight? How do you assess Shant
Harutyunyan's actions? Why weren't you by his side?
- I respect Shant Harutyunyan very much, he is a principle figure,
first fighter in 1988. Each person decides the way and time of his
fight on his own. His actions were not a coup attempt but a scream of
soul. Our issue is to be attentive and not allow provokers do their
work and not to arrest innocent people. We were not by his side as we
did not really understand what happened and it happened were quickly.
We want to reach coup in a constitutional way.
- If you want it to be in a constitutional way, you will probably
participate in next presidential and parliamentary elections?
- We will see. It is not necessary to participate in regular elections
only. There may be snap elections. We will participate in all the
actions as citizens, cooperate with those who want to see democratic
Armenia.
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Alexander Arzumanyan
12:30 / 09.11.2013
Four former members of the Armenian National Movement - Alexander
Arzumayan, Ararat Zurabyan, Hovhannes Igityan and Karapet Rubinyan -
revived the party on October 26. Nyut.am spoke with MP Alexander
Arzumanyan about the programs of the party, attitude of people toward
it.
- Mr Arzumanyan, each party has issues, was not it possible in your
case to solve them and not open a new ANM?
- You are right. But we did not have the issue of splitting. The party
did not exist. By the time we convened congress there was no Armenian
National Movement party it has turned into another one. Of course,
there was no need to display the disputes of the party, especially in
the one where democratic principles are dominating. Multi-opinion is
the basis of the Armenian National Movement party. As far as a group
of people decided to annul the party, another group that consider the
years spent in the party inseparable part of their lives decided to
revive it. We are trying to re-register the party that was created in
1988 from people's movement.
- How are your relations with ANC leader Levon Ter-Petrosyan? Has he
already congratulated you on the revival of the party?
- We have not contacted with Levon Ter-Petrosyan for the past 1-2
years due to technical reasons as well. I do not think that personal
relations have suffered during that period. No official response,
congratulation has followed, moreover some of ANC members even said
there is Armenian National Movement NGO registered. But we do not want
to engage in such issues. As to the ANC, our principle is that we will
cooperate over the issues and not with individuals or parties.
- Isn't the Armenian National Movement being associated with Levon
Ter-Petrosyan?
- So much water flowed from the tenure of Levon Ter-Petrosyan, so many
sufferings people faced. We must leave the previous three presidents
back and help the young generation come forward.
- Are the programs of the new party differ from the previous one ideologically?
- It is almost the same, we just updated it. The charter is the same,
no ideological changes have been made. We have always sought to make
Armenia a free, independent, democratic state. We know that people's
rights are not ensured here, we do not have unbiased courts, we have
corrupted system. We will work to bring to life the provisions of our
program we have proclaimed still in 1988.
- After leaving the Armenian National Movement you founded Free
Democrats party and now you are member of the Heritage faction. Isn't
it a bit confused?
- Free Democrats is the party founded by members of the Armenian
National Movement who left the party. After we wanted to start the
process of reviving the party, we talked with our friends from Free
Democrats and we have good relations with them. As to the Heritage, I
appeared in the faction as we ran in the elections with the joint
list. I will remain in the faction and represent the Armenian National
Movement.
- On October 26 you stated that the party has restored to fight
against tyranny. How do you plan to fight? How do you assess Shant
Harutyunyan's actions? Why weren't you by his side?
- I respect Shant Harutyunyan very much, he is a principle figure,
first fighter in 1988. Each person decides the way and time of his
fight on his own. His actions were not a coup attempt but a scream of
soul. Our issue is to be attentive and not allow provokers do their
work and not to arrest innocent people. We were not by his side as we
did not really understand what happened and it happened were quickly.
We want to reach coup in a constitutional way.
- If you want it to be in a constitutional way, you will probably
participate in next presidential and parliamentary elections?
- We will see. It is not necessary to participate in regular elections
only. There may be snap elections. We will participate in all the
actions as citizens, cooperate with those who want to see democratic
Armenia.
http://nyut.am/archives/84042?lang=en