ALL THE STEPS ARE PROGRESSIVE AFTER 1996
- Interview with the Chairman of the National Democratic Party Shavarsh Kocharyan.
“Mr. Kocharyan the presidential elections were estimated by all the foreign observers as an evident progress in the path of democracy. Do you agree with this estimation?”
“ The brief evaluations of the observers were impartial and actual, because progress is really visible. But the political powers of Armenia, the parties and each citizen must be more demanding about the organization and process of the elections, than any international observer.
The positive estimation of the four European delegations and CIS observers, conducting an observation mission in Armenia, as a step towards democracy, is really acceptable and comprehensible.
After 1996, in every new election we are trying to make another step towards democracy but people are fairly disapproved of the election returns.
The reason is quite clear. The thing is, after 1996 the level of the elections had such an unprecedented crash that every election following it leaves far from the level of democracy that we really deserve, though we have recorded progress during those elections.”
“The observation mission was also concerned about the mistrust of the people towards the elections. Who do you think the voters don’t trust, themselves or the candidate they vote for?”
“The thing is, in 1990-ies people considered themselves the owners of their country and used to freely express their will. But later, they became more and more disappointed, because the President and the Parliament they elected deeply disappointed them. And it was not a matter of one two days. The culmination was the Presidential elections of 1996, when they simply violated and ignored people’s will. The tanks confirmed the falsification of the election returns. Seeing all this, the people lost their confidence, but now they are trying to recover it step by step.”
“To what extent are the speculations of Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s supporters justified?”
“The process of cheating and exploiting the people continues. If they possess any facts regarding falsifications they can appeal to the Constitutional Court or other court instances. But they never do it, thus closing the path to the European Court. If they really have facts why they don’t use these opportunities?
They have chosen the method of street rallies. It is their right. But they must understand one thing - we are not on the level of 1996. And the progress of the previous years allows everyone to freely express his or her disagreement. And they are not afraid that the tanks will close their way.
Anyhow the political powers can continue their struggle up to the moment they breach the law or the constitutional order.
At the moment the government in power faces a really serious test. Will they manage to overcome it in a civilized way? There are all the pre-conditions for it. Because as we see the authorities are rather reserved towards the provocations. If they try to infringe the law, the constitutional order must be maintained by all the legal methods.
The struggle must be unlimited when they take the power by force. This happened in 1996 and everyone knows about it, the people, the government in power, and international community. At the moment the picture is different, they are trying to come to power, but not by means of elections, which, in my opinion, is intolerable.”
- GEVORG HARUTYUNYAN
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SERGE SARGSYAN’S TREMENDOUS ADVANTAGE
- 1837 Creation of the Armenian Supreme Ecclesiastic Council in Echmiadsin - the Synod attached to the Catholicos of All-Armenians.
- 1909 Birth of Taras Toosoozyan in Yekaterinodar (now Krasnodar). He was a Major-General of the Soviet Army. He was the Military Commissar of the Armenian SSR from 1950 to 1969.
- 1931 The Central Affairs Committee decides to establish a Radio-Broadcasting Committee.
- 1932 Birth of architect Arthur Tarkhanyan in Leninakan (Gyoomree). He designed and implemented the "Tsitsernakabert" Genocide Memorial Complex, the "Airarat" (formerly "Rossiya") movie theater, the Palace of Youth, "Zvartnotss" Airport, and many other buildings.
- 1938 Birth of Artavazd Peleshyan in Leninakan (Gyoomree). He became a famous artist, State Prize Laureate, and a master of the documentary film genre .
- 1939 The Armenian Supreme Soviet awards the right to the Opera and Ballet Theater of Yerevan, to be called the Alexander Spendarian Opera and Ballet Theatre.
- 1960 The Armenian Theater Association in Beirut decides to be known as the Vahram Papazyan Association.
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