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Aravot: Will new authorities change freedom of speech level?
10:00 * 25.10.14
Below is an excerpt from the paper's editorial
Very few in Armenia - probably 20-30 people - do not want any changes
at all, and there are far more less who would wish the [ruling]
Republican Party to reproduce itself.
Many are probably so dissatisfied with their social life that it is
all the same to them who and how will reign our country; they just
want this government to step down. This is an extremely emotional
approach that fails to not only to bring about a government change but
leads to a general apathy.
The rest of the people have questions to the opposition or
non-governing figures bidding for power: namely, what is it that you
are going to do?
Different groups of people are naturally interested in different
questions. I will begin with my narrow professional interests which
are, of course, not that important on the national scale. But as an
example, at least, it is worth posing that question. Will freedom of
speech - on its current unsatisfactory level - be maintained under the
new government or will the situation deteriorate?
Those backing the [opposition] Armenian National Congress and [Second
President Robert] Kocharyan, their attitude to any - be it though the
slightest - dissidence does not inspire any confidence at all that the
situation will remain the same in this respect or - what's even more
desirable - improve.
First President [and current ANC leader Levon Ter-Petrosyan's] irate
hints at the "marginals", the [Armenian Revolutionary Federation-]
Dashnaksutyun and even [opposition Heritage party's leader] Raffi
[Hovhannisian] do not, frankly speaking, inspire any optimism in me.
Armenian News - Tert.am
10:00 * 25.10.14
Below is an excerpt from the paper's editorial
Very few in Armenia - probably 20-30 people - do not want any changes
at all, and there are far more less who would wish the [ruling]
Republican Party to reproduce itself.
Many are probably so dissatisfied with their social life that it is
all the same to them who and how will reign our country; they just
want this government to step down. This is an extremely emotional
approach that fails to not only to bring about a government change but
leads to a general apathy.
The rest of the people have questions to the opposition or
non-governing figures bidding for power: namely, what is it that you
are going to do?
Different groups of people are naturally interested in different
questions. I will begin with my narrow professional interests which
are, of course, not that important on the national scale. But as an
example, at least, it is worth posing that question. Will freedom of
speech - on its current unsatisfactory level - be maintained under the
new government or will the situation deteriorate?
Those backing the [opposition] Armenian National Congress and [Second
President Robert] Kocharyan, their attitude to any - be it though the
slightest - dissidence does not inspire any confidence at all that the
situation will remain the same in this respect or - what's even more
desirable - improve.
First President [and current ANC leader Levon Ter-Petrosyan's] irate
hints at the "marginals", the [Armenian Revolutionary Federation-]
Dashnaksutyun and even [opposition Heritage party's leader] Raffi
[Hovhannisian] do not, frankly speaking, inspire any optimism in me.
Armenian News - Tert.am