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ANAHIT BAKHSHYAN: MINISTER REVEALED THE REAL PURPOSE OF AUTHORITIES (VIDEO)
20:10 | June 4,2014 | Politics
It is very bad that [Anastas] Mikoyan's name is speculated to justify
the crimes committed by other people, says Republican Party lawmaker
Samvel Nikoyan.
He advises considering public opinion before erecting a statue to
the Soviet-era Armenian statesman [Anastas Mikoyan]. "If negative
emotions prevail in the public, I think it would be better to review
the decision," he said.
Sociologist Aharon Adibekyan says he has not received an order to
conduct a public opinion poll. "If someone requests me to conduct a
survey, I shall do it," he said.
However, he says there should be a statue to Mikoyan in Yerevan. "He
was a man who cared for the well-being of the Soviet people and
prevented a third world war." Mr Adibekyan is not interested in the
misdeeds of that man; the most important is that Yerevan should have
its face and character. "If we want to make our country a tourist
attraction, we had better forget everything else and say that he
[Mikoyan] is the man who averted the third world war."
"What?" says Anahit Bakhshyan, a member of Yerevan Council of Elders,
without concealing her surprise. "That man destroyed Eghishe Charents,
killed the sons of Hovhannes Tumanyan, ceded Karabakh and Nakhijevan
to Azerbaijan... Why should we erect a statue to him?"
Ms Bakhshyan is amused by the words of Justice Minister who advised
forgetting the mistakes of history. "I find it wrong to criticize our
historical figures. Our past is already history, therefore I think
we should not judge or criticize our historical figures. It is our
history, and I do not want to express an opinion on history," she said.
Anahit Bakhshyan says with his statement the minister gave away the
real purpose of the Republican authorities. "Now I understand the
reasons behind the October 1999 parliamentary carnage. And today they
want to erect the statue to return to that perverse system," she said.
http://en.a1plus.am/1190697.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVmDB33UfZg
20:10 | June 4,2014 | Politics
It is very bad that [Anastas] Mikoyan's name is speculated to justify
the crimes committed by other people, says Republican Party lawmaker
Samvel Nikoyan.
He advises considering public opinion before erecting a statue to
the Soviet-era Armenian statesman [Anastas Mikoyan]. "If negative
emotions prevail in the public, I think it would be better to review
the decision," he said.
Sociologist Aharon Adibekyan says he has not received an order to
conduct a public opinion poll. "If someone requests me to conduct a
survey, I shall do it," he said.
However, he says there should be a statue to Mikoyan in Yerevan. "He
was a man who cared for the well-being of the Soviet people and
prevented a third world war." Mr Adibekyan is not interested in the
misdeeds of that man; the most important is that Yerevan should have
its face and character. "If we want to make our country a tourist
attraction, we had better forget everything else and say that he
[Mikoyan] is the man who averted the third world war."
"What?" says Anahit Bakhshyan, a member of Yerevan Council of Elders,
without concealing her surprise. "That man destroyed Eghishe Charents,
killed the sons of Hovhannes Tumanyan, ceded Karabakh and Nakhijevan
to Azerbaijan... Why should we erect a statue to him?"
Ms Bakhshyan is amused by the words of Justice Minister who advised
forgetting the mistakes of history. "I find it wrong to criticize our
historical figures. Our past is already history, therefore I think
we should not judge or criticize our historical figures. It is our
history, and I do not want to express an opinion on history," she said.
Anahit Bakhshyan says with his statement the minister gave away the
real purpose of the Republican authorities. "Now I understand the
reasons behind the October 1999 parliamentary carnage. And today they
want to erect the statue to return to that perverse system," she said.
http://en.a1plus.am/1190697.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVmDB33UfZg