THIRD PRO-OPPOSITION POLE - IN THE PROCESS OF FORMATION

HAYK BABOUKHANYAN, Head of the Constitutional Right Union, was the guest-speaker of “Hayatsk” (view) club yesterday. As mentioned by the speaker, the process of the post-electoral developments has necessitated the formation of a third force or a third pole. A “real” pole composed of “national” pro-opposition forces should be engaged in the solution of the “urgent national” problems, uniting the parties which have never cooperated either with the former or the present-day authorities.
The speaker believes that the primary issue among them is the necessity of establishing internal stability. “The internal instability and the undermining of the state are not advantageous to the ordinary citizens of Armenia as such developments may be followed by aggression, making their sons participants of military operations. It is advantageous only to some adventurous forces which, in my conviction, are accomplishing the tasks of some foreign forces.”
In the estimation of Hayk Baboukhanyan, any manifestation of instability creates additional obstacles towards the settlement of the Artsakh issue, by posing new dangers to the state. The internal political struggle relaxes the vigilance towards the external danger. “Forgetting, for some reason, that we have the problem of Artsakh, our people all the time discuss the issue whether Levon managed to have some word included in the PACE Resolution or passed another sanction against Armenia. This is absurd. We want others to apply sanctions against our state. This is unconceivable and inexplicable.
Besides, Armenia is going to find itself in the role of a ‘bad student’ who is unable to pass the exam and is given additional time to prepare. “This is a blow to our national dignity; this is humiliation. I don’t think we deserve the role of a ‘bad student’.”
The third “national” pro-opposition force should also focus on democracy issues. “We are really facing problem in the sphere of democracy, the protection of human rights, freedom of speech and press, as well as the freedom of the activity of the political parties. This is the third group of issues to be tackled by the national opposition.”
The social issues were not overlooked either. In this respect, the speaker attached importance to the fight against corruption. “Isn’t it a manifestation of corruption when a green territory is occupied or when shops are built on the roadsides, and a house is built along the adjacent wall of a school building? Just go to the street and see how many manifestations of corruption there are.”
The internal political struggle has also led to the loss of the system of values. “In such hysteria, the nation loses the system of its values, and we make a transition to the ‘system of curses’. The anti-national elements enter into our ideology, and we cease thinking as citizens of Armenia.” The speaker considers L. Ter-Petrosyan and the forces supporting him as anti-national elements. “It is necessary to eliminate that anti-national wave”. By the way, back in 1998, the Constitutional Right Union demanded that L. Ter-Petrosyan be held accountable.
Touching upon the issue of forming the third pole, H. Baboukhanyan mentioned that such necessity might become perceivable after studying the results of the recent elections. “Around 20 percent of the electorate cast their vote in favor of the opposition, and around 50 percent voted in favor of the authorities. The remaining 30 percent includes the people who do not want to be the supporters of the anti-national opposition. Neither do they want to support the authorities. What they want is to have a national and, to some extent, nationalistic leadership which they can follow.”
It also turned out that there are a number of parties that are already in the process of negotiations. “Very soon, there will be more concrete statements in that connection. For the time being, I can’t say which parties they are. But there is a certain process under way.”
As regards the internal disputes inside the parties, they simply don’t exist. In particular, the speaker made the following statement with regard to Hrant Khachatryan, “While nominating his candidacy, he was registered as an unemployed citizen and a non-partisan. There’s no longer any problem, since he introduced himself as a non-partisan in the documents.”
NAYIRA KHACHATRYAN

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