POLITICIANS NOT TO BE ARMED WITH IRON STICKS

Interview with HAMLET HAROUTYUNYAN, Head of “Artsakh” Compatriots’ Union and member of the RPA parliamentary faction

“Mr. Haroutyunyan, in the interview published in the Russian ‘Novoe Izvestia’ periodical, LTP, who acts as the leader of the Armenian political opposition, considers that his principal task is to form a certain public opinion so as ‘these authorities will not be recognized’. How do you estimate such an attitude by the Armenian citizen?”
“The allegation that L. Ter-Petrosyan is the leader of the opposition, is an insult to our internal political domain. There are dozens of parties operating on the pro-opposition front, and their addresses are quite different. Viewing the opposition from the point of view of one single leader, one single idea and one single goal is a fundamental mistake. Such mentality eventually results in totalitarianism.
In the internal political domain of our country, it’s not only the representatives of radical opposition that deny everything because they haven’t assumed the leadership of the state. The opposition also consists of parties which are not extremist and which criticize the activity of the authorities objectively, parties which are constructive in their manifestations and are guided by the interests of the state and the people versus complying with the instructions of some international organizations.
Those who form a public opinion for preventing the authorities from being recognized again rely on external intervention and demand new parliamentary elections. I don’t think the decision to dissolve or maintain the National Assembly should be made arbitrarily. If there’s someone who has just woken up and is late for the March 12 elections or, has changed his mood, it doesn’t mean the Parliament should be dissolved.
This, actually, is the regular attempt of destabilizing the internal political situation rather than a desire of being represented in the National Assembly. The most recent parliamentary elections were held just eleven months ago. If they were ready for representing the opposition, they should have participated in the whole process instead of quitting the political arena at some stage of the electoral struggle. Leading our country and people to instability from time to time and keeping them in tension is the desire of our enemies.
In his interviews, L. Ter-Petrosyan hints that 150 people among his proponents have been arrested, and they are political prisoners. Only the court may decide whether the given act constitutes a criminal offence or a political activity. A person who has committed a criminal offence cannot be considered a victim of political persecutions.
The March 1 events are not related to politics and have nothing in common with it. What happened is an attempt of staging a coup d’état which was supposed to change Armenia’s attitude towards Artsakh. The coup was organized by people who thought about Armenia from the point of view of the Azeris, Turks and Americans. A political struggle presupposes political methods. The one who struggles against his own state with Mausers and iron sticks cannot be a politician. This is why, L. Ter-Petrosyan says no single word about the March 1 events in the interview to ‘Novoe Ivvestia’ periodical. Instead, he tries to create an opinion that the detainees are peaceful protesters and not people who provoked clashes with and launched an armed attack against the law enforcers or committed plunders. Such demonstrations and marches could not have been spontaneous; they were very properly organized. There are no foremen, centurions and high captains, no arms and ammunitions in demonstrations organized spontaneously. Neither are there acoustic or musical tools of influence used there.
When L. Ter-Petrosyan says he wants to form a certain public opinion with the purpose of preventing the Armenian authorities from being recognized, it’s the same as the non-recognition of the NKR and its authorities, the right of the NKR people to national self-determination; it’s the same as the non-recognition of Artsakh as an inseparable part of Armenia.”
“What do you think the United States initiative of authorizing Congress hearings on the internal political situation of Armenia could mean?”
“The discussion of any country’s problem by the legislative body of another country is considered as a gross intervention in the domestic affairs of that country. The only trouble of all the international structures and the states ‘interested’ in the internal situation of our country consists in seeking ways towards the solution of the Artsakh issue to the detriment of the Armenians.
Unfortunately, not only separate politicians but also parties yield to such efforts. And lying behind all these superficial hearings is the Artsakh issue which is no longer concealed; it is being openly discussed. The hearings to be organized by the Congress pursue the same goal”
I call on everybody to be sober because in case of losing Artsakh we’ll completely lose Armenia. In the course of our history, we, Armenians, have always lost our statehood in such circumstances.”
GEVORG HAROUTYUNYAN

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