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  • Armenia Retreating Amid Botched Revolution Attempts - Ex-Lawmaker

    ARMENIA RETREATING AMID BOTCHED REVOLUTION ATTEMPTS - EX-LAWMAKER

    12:28 * 19.12.14

    Lilit Galastyan, a former opposition lawmaker from the Armenian
    Revolutionary Federation Dashnaksutyun (ARF-D), says she doesn't
    now see any tangible tactics or methodology in politics to expect
    serious reforms.

    "All the botched attempts to change the country and government push
    it back several steps, stirring up a new wave of disappointment and
    unjustified expectations in the society," she said in an interview
    with Tert.am.

    Galstyan said she has the strong belief that the political forces have
    enough potential to promote positive changes. She said she is under
    the impression that there are state-oriented professionals who could
    change the political atmosphere for the better to use the existing
    revolutionary energy for country's development

    "This thought of mine is perhaps from the series of political
    realism, but apparently enough, the absence of alternatives causes
    insurmountable retreats. So we must be able see and value the people
    who are able to extricate Armenia from this pit," she added.

    Galstyan said she doesn't think that the one-time coalition government
    ever tried to embark on any serious reforms in the country's
    interests. "The game rules were never equal and finalized to the full.

    Perhaps, it is naïve to speak about sincerity and morality in politics,
    but I believe sincerity and morality and responsibility are precisely
    what we do not see on out political arena."

    Asked whether she thinks that a coalition representing all the
    political forces would in any way heal the situation, Galstyan said
    she feels very positive about the format. "It is possible also to
    think of a government format representing co-thinkers. Provided, of
    course, we are politically reasonable. One thing that remains obvious
    is that elections have never been a real tool to form a government
    in the country. And this is why the authorities are vulnerable when
    it comes to their moral legitimacy. Is it impossible to see that
    a government formed in this why is not able to offer the state any
    remedies or formula as to what to do? They very often do but never
    bring them to life as they never manage to ensure public solidarity.

    Besides, there isn't enough political will," Galstyan noted.

    http://www.tert.am/en/news/2014/12/19/Lilit-galstyan/1540565

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