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ARMENIA'S PRESIDENT PROMPTED US TO ACT AND WE WILL ACT - ARTHUR ALEXANYAN
18:30 / 19.02.2014
Artsakh war hero, resigned National Security Service Colonel Arthur
Alexanyan is against all types of revolutions. The participant of
Karabakh war, today, on these peaceful days, is rather concerned. He
says today they are facing the issue of saving Armenia's statehood
and there is no time to waste. Nyut.am has conducted an interview with
Arthur Alexanyan over the situation in the country, possible ways out.
- Mr Alexanyan, today many people are calling for revolution. You
too are concerned with the current situation, nevertheless you are
against revolution, why?
- Revolution first of all is bloodshed, revolution is anarchy.
Revolution drags the country back for 15-20 years and as much time is
necessary for it to recover. A whole generation is being lost as a
result. I am against revolution, I am against bloodshed. Revolution
is wanted by people who do not imagine what consequences the nation
will bear. Our biggest achievement is our state, our statehood -
the Republic of Armenia. We did not have state for 1,000 years and
now it is unacceptable to play with its fate.
- What's your proposed way? You should agree that we are standing on
the edge of abyss.
- Yes, I agree that we have appeared in a terrible situation today.
Our salvation is in our consolidation. The authorities are powerful
today because we are weak, dismembered, separated. We must unite. Even
if we consolidate over the idea of revolution, and become a force
they will leave. We are not consolidated and the authorities are
not afraid of us, this is the problem. As far as they do not feel
power in front of them, the situation will remain the same. Our
salvation is in our unity. All the parties must realize that it is
not the time for party games. Until the parties step down from their
ambitions the issue will not be settled. They must step down and be
with people, they must consolidate the people via unity slogan. This
is the issue to be decided in the square but not in Maidan but in
Liberty Square. We have already showed such example to the world. We
managed to collapse Soviet Union in our square through our unity, our
belief. If that time we were the first swallows, today we have cut
our wings and each person is bringing eggs separately. Let's again
gather in the square, and tell enough! We must not attack anyone as
there is no bigger victory than peace.
We must act with peace and love, we should not be filled with hatred.
We must forgive them and let them go. If we all forgive them, they
will go. But until the prior goal of the parties is not the nation
and its salvation, until all are not consolidated over one idea,
we will not reach our destination. Parties are people's barriers
today. We all have one flag- the tricolor. We must be guided with
this flag. The party flags must be left inside and all must take to
streets under one flag. With this flag we will reach the place. The
other flags disturb us, divert us.
- But people need a guiding force, a leader. It is difficult to
consolidate without it.
- People will find their leader in a second. Today's leaders have
not justified themselves. I love the nation as much as the Republic
of Armenia exists. Our sole achievement, our only wealth is our state.
Everything should be done for the state not to be destroyed and not
to become a colony of any of the states again. We must send the
authorities home and their chairs must remain in their places as
these are the chairs of the state, not theirs.
- Don't the authorities realize that the situation is explosive? The
same president who passed through the war describes the protest of
freedom fighters as whining.
- You know, when we were in touch with the president, he was of
other type, he was not thinking in that way. We are not in touch
for about ten years, I do not know why he thinks this way now. I
remember and know him as a state-oriented person. I worked with him
for 15-20 years. Now his surrounding has changed, I don't know what
they tell him.
I am not whining at all. I must do what I should. I am very offended
by that word. But he is right we are whining and not doing anything.
He called on us to act, he prompted us to act and we will act.
http://nyut.am/archives/134624?lang=en
18:30 / 19.02.2014
Artsakh war hero, resigned National Security Service Colonel Arthur
Alexanyan is against all types of revolutions. The participant of
Karabakh war, today, on these peaceful days, is rather concerned. He
says today they are facing the issue of saving Armenia's statehood
and there is no time to waste. Nyut.am has conducted an interview with
Arthur Alexanyan over the situation in the country, possible ways out.
- Mr Alexanyan, today many people are calling for revolution. You
too are concerned with the current situation, nevertheless you are
against revolution, why?
- Revolution first of all is bloodshed, revolution is anarchy.
Revolution drags the country back for 15-20 years and as much time is
necessary for it to recover. A whole generation is being lost as a
result. I am against revolution, I am against bloodshed. Revolution
is wanted by people who do not imagine what consequences the nation
will bear. Our biggest achievement is our state, our statehood -
the Republic of Armenia. We did not have state for 1,000 years and
now it is unacceptable to play with its fate.
- What's your proposed way? You should agree that we are standing on
the edge of abyss.
- Yes, I agree that we have appeared in a terrible situation today.
Our salvation is in our consolidation. The authorities are powerful
today because we are weak, dismembered, separated. We must unite. Even
if we consolidate over the idea of revolution, and become a force
they will leave. We are not consolidated and the authorities are
not afraid of us, this is the problem. As far as they do not feel
power in front of them, the situation will remain the same. Our
salvation is in our unity. All the parties must realize that it is
not the time for party games. Until the parties step down from their
ambitions the issue will not be settled. They must step down and be
with people, they must consolidate the people via unity slogan. This
is the issue to be decided in the square but not in Maidan but in
Liberty Square. We have already showed such example to the world. We
managed to collapse Soviet Union in our square through our unity, our
belief. If that time we were the first swallows, today we have cut
our wings and each person is bringing eggs separately. Let's again
gather in the square, and tell enough! We must not attack anyone as
there is no bigger victory than peace.
We must act with peace and love, we should not be filled with hatred.
We must forgive them and let them go. If we all forgive them, they
will go. But until the prior goal of the parties is not the nation
and its salvation, until all are not consolidated over one idea,
we will not reach our destination. Parties are people's barriers
today. We all have one flag- the tricolor. We must be guided with
this flag. The party flags must be left inside and all must take to
streets under one flag. With this flag we will reach the place. The
other flags disturb us, divert us.
- But people need a guiding force, a leader. It is difficult to
consolidate without it.
- People will find their leader in a second. Today's leaders have
not justified themselves. I love the nation as much as the Republic
of Armenia exists. Our sole achievement, our only wealth is our state.
Everything should be done for the state not to be destroyed and not
to become a colony of any of the states again. We must send the
authorities home and their chairs must remain in their places as
these are the chairs of the state, not theirs.
- Don't the authorities realize that the situation is explosive? The
same president who passed through the war describes the protest of
freedom fighters as whining.
- You know, when we were in touch with the president, he was of
other type, he was not thinking in that way. We are not in touch
for about ten years, I do not know why he thinks this way now. I
remember and know him as a state-oriented person. I worked with him
for 15-20 years. Now his surrounding has changed, I don't know what
they tell him.
I am not whining at all. I must do what I should. I am very offended
by that word. But he is right we are whining and not doing anything.
He called on us to act, he prompted us to act and we will act.
http://nyut.am/archives/134624?lang=en