DASHNAKTSOUTYUN AND THE FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD PRESIDENTS
- AGHVAN VARDANYAN, member of the ARFD bureau had a meeting with the journalists in the National Press Club yesterday. The speaker touched upon almost all the pre-electoral, electoral and post-electoral processes.
99 PERCENT OF THE POLITICAL FORCES CONSIDER GENOCIDE AS A FACT
The statements made by the Armenian President in Moscow, the subsequent clarifications of his Press Secretary and finally, our Foreign Minister’s statements and our discussions have definitely led us to the belief that the President of Armenia does not consider the issue of the Armenian Genocide subject to any discussion, dispute or study. We are sure that he considers Genocide as a fact.
The issue of the Genocide is beyond any dispute not only for Dashnaktsutyun but also for 99 percent of the political forces. We rule out the possibility that any senior official representing Armenia may have a different approach. We insist on another important thesis: the issue of the Genocide is related to the existence and security of our state and people, as well as to our future.”
FROM RESOLUTION TO RESOLUTION
The speaker is convinced that it is the country’s internal situation that has given rise to certain obligations enshrined in PACE Resolutions # 1609 and 1620, “The political authority and the state have committed themselves to complying with the obligations. They managed to fulfill the obligations partially, and that led to the adoption of Resolution # 1620, and I am sure that we will be able to comply with the all the obligations in a limited period of time.”
A. Vardanyan is convinced that the authorities will fulfill the obligations vested in them under the new resolution, “We are facing a problem: the new resolution envisages obligations for the opposition as well. For example, the opposition is obliged to recognize the results of the elections and the decision of the Constitutional Court. That is, the opposition must recognize the election results, and only thereafter lodge appeals with courts of different instances.”
The member of the ARFD Bureau is convinced that “we have a President, and our elections are over. There are certainly some problems which are, by 99 percent, caused by the forces that are currently making attempts to undermine Armenia. I am sure the authorities will comply with the obligations vested in them, and the opposition will again insist that no step has been undertaken, they do not trust the authorities and so on and so forth, but this is already an episode from quite a different opera.”
Let’s note that A. Vardanyan fully agrees to the assessments which former President R. Kocharyan has addressed his predecessor. “I am deeply convinced that there is only one person who could have prevented the March 1 developments. It is the first President of Armenia, but he didn’t do anything on purpose, and if I am not mistaken, that day he announced to the journalists that he had slept with a clear conscience at night. If the unauthorized rallies had continued, something of the kind would have certainly happened because it was the principal goal of that political mentality and not the political force or its leader.”
THE POLITICAL SYSTEM IS UNFORTUNATELY UNACOMPLISHED
Why? In response to this question, A. Vardanyan presents his assessments on the past ten years (1998-2008).
“The years of Robert Kocharyan’s presidency were really years of a positive experience in terms of improving the situation in the country and ensuring economic progress. We have had a good President but, along with paying a great attention to the economy, we were unable to make any progress in the process organizing the state institutions and accomplishing the political system. In this respect, we have a gap which is, to some extent, comprehensible. One can’t do everything at once as things are interrelated.
I believe the accomplishment of our political system, the full accomplishment of 3-5 political forces which have a program and principles is simply a must.”
A.R.F.D. BEFORE AND AFTER ELECTIONS
In this context, estimating the disagreements among the political forces, A. Vardanyan notes, “It is their right. There’s no divergence between the pre-electoral and post-electoral decisions and policy of the ARFD. Yes, we had a presidential candidate who was a contender of the elected President, and our criticism of different spheres of the ruling authority did not absolutely prevent us from undertaking responsibilities in the government, trying to solve the problems faced by the country.
I am deeply convinced that the priorities and programs currently faced by the country are not issues to be tackled by the forces representing the opposition.”
At the same time, A. Vardanyan sees and appreciates the positive steps made by the ruling government and the incumbent President. “I see determination in making a serious economic progress and ensuring anti-competitive conditions in business. Naturally, it is impossible for each change of human resources and each new appointment to be ideal; but there are positive changes in this direction as well. ”
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- 1864 Birth of satirist Harootyoon Alpiar. He died in 1919.
- 1923 Creation of the Bureau of History of the Communist Party of Armenia as an adjunct to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Armenia.
- 1924 Under the initiative of the Norwegian scholar Friedthof Nansen, the League of Nations decides to grant Nansen Passports to the Armenians who had survived the Armenian Genocide.
- 1933 Death of the writer Nar-Dos (Meekael Hovhannissyan) in Tbilissi (Georgia). He was born in 1867.
- 1934 First issue of the "Communist" newspaper (property of the Central Committee of Armenia's Communist Party, Yerevan's City Committee, and the Central Executive Committee of the Armenian SSR).
- 1938 Opening of the first session of the Armenian SSR Supreme Soviet's first convention.
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