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    SARDARABAD MOVEMENT ORGANIZES SOCIO-ECONOMIC SYMPOSIUM

    http://hetq.am/en/politics/sardarapat-21/#more-39995
    [ 2010/09/23 | 13:46 ]

    Jirayr Sefilyan calls for greater public participation through national
    "tithe"

    The Sardarabad Movement organized a symposium entitled "Armenia's
    Current Socio-Economic Reality" that took place yesterday at the
    offices of Armenia's Union of Writers in Yerevan. Attending the
    symposium were noted social and political activists, specialist in
    the field and Movement members.

    Alex Yenigomshyan, a former member of ASALA, described the current
    political course of the Armenian government as leading towards a
    "demographic calamity" and noted that in the past twenty years
    one-third of the population has voted with its feet and left the
    country and that the exodus continues.

    Hayk Balanyan, an economist by profession who fought in the Artsakh
    War and is a member of Sardarabad, ruled out any possibility of
    cooperation with the current regime in power. He said that any attempt
    to change the government through the electoral process was illusory
    since that same government came to power through election fraud. Mr.
    Balanyan called for new mechanisms of resistance.

    Arpine Galfayan, Director of the Institute of Human Rights and
    Democracy, stressed the importance of labor unions to defend the
    rights of the working class and their civil rights.

    Hrayr Savzyan, President of the environmental organization Ecolur
    presented a list of examples outlining how the greed and avarice of
    the country's business class and government officials has lead to
    the pitiful and endangered state of Armenia's environment.

    Jirayr Sefilyan, a founding member of Sardarabad, took the floor and
    presented his closing remarks which called for renewed organizational
    efforts to solidify the organization. He proposed that a national
    tithe be launched as a way to facilitate greater participation of
    active segments of the population in the resistance movement.




    From: A. Papazian
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