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Elections in unrecognized republics are more
democratic than those in metropolitan countries.
The delayed-action mine, placed during the
establishment of the USSR will still display its
effects for a rather long time.
06.03.2007 GMT+04:00
The history repeats itself - Transnistria, Nagorno-Karabakh, and now
Abkhazia. The unrecognized republics' wish to decide their destiny on
their own has again faced the resistance of the World Community, and
the Parliamentary Elections in Abkhazia may serve as a proof for the
above mentioned. `All the elections held in Abkhazia in post-war
period speak for the stable move towards democracy and development of
jural state', said the president Sergei Bagapsh after voting in the
polls.
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ `We have all the attributes for freedom and
democracy, namely opposition, independent Mass Media, alternative
elections,' the president emphasized. It was immediately followed by
announcements made by EU and USA. The President of Georgia Mikhail
Saakashvili didn't keep aside either and announced, that `the attempt
to legalize this anarchism must not be recognized neither by Georgia,
nor by the World Community'. Things are clear with Georgia - in fact
it has almost de jure lost Abkhazia and South Ossetia, just like
Azerbaijan has lost Nagorno-Karabakh, and Moldova has lost
Transnistria. Strangely enough, elections in unrecognized republics
are more democratic than those in metropolitan countries. The
difference perhaps is that in the very situation the population of
Nagorno-Karabakh, Abkhazia, Transnistria decides itself how to live,
while Azerbaijan, Georgia and Moldova have different principles, and
the fact that those principles are not recognized in the world,
doesn't prevent the international community to shut its eyes to
them. Here the matter is not in particular `love' EU has for Ilham
Aliyev or for Saakashvili; the matter is not even in energy vectors or
military bases, but in the stability of the region. And unfortunately
these are the presidents who can secure peace in two rather
problematic countries of the Southern Caucasus. The most essential
problem is the ethnic problem, and in this aspect the wish of the
certain groups of the population, wanting to live in their own way may
lead to chain reaction in Azerbaijan, where several large ethnic
groups, which during the Soviet times were registered as Azerbaijani
are settled. Those are the Talishs, the Lezghins, the Tats, and the
Udins. The same problem exists in Georgia. If suddenly the World
Community recognizes the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh, Abkhazia,
South Ossetia, and Transnistria, the future of the South Caucasus will
be very problematic.
According to Sergei Bagapsh; `The World Community must finally realize
that Abkhazia doesn't simply acquire democratic values, but also
follows them'. At the same time the Abkhazian authorities don't expect
Georgia's consent, but they still hope to count on the international
recognition of the republic. `Even the strongest autonomy - it is
already a past phase', says the Security Council secretary of the
unrecognized republic Stanislav Lakoba, `Other political approaches
should be developed.'
It should be mentioned that the President Saakashvili has mentioned
more than once, that he intends to gain back his power over Abkhazia
and South Ossetia. These announcements are not taken seriously in
Abkhazia, just like Ilham Aliyev's announcements over the issue of
Nagorno-Karabakh are not.
As for announcement made by EU, it speaks of nothing else than `the
complete support of Georgia's territorial integrity'. According to
Europe's position `Georgian elections in the region will be recognized
only after all the refugees are granted the right to safely return
home.' The declaration of the EU was also supported by the EU
candidate-countries - Turkey, Croatia and Macedonia, as well as by
other European countries including Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Serbia, Ukraine, and Moldova.
The reasons EU has adopted the above mentioned position are clear - it
has its own problems; such as the Basque issue, the issue of the Irish
of Dublin, the Francophones of Belgium, which are not against getting
apart either. This whole story reminds Moscow's position at the
beginning of the Karabakh conflict; the same fear regarding the chain
reaction. But the most important edification is that in spite of all
preventive measures, the USSR clove into a number of countries, which
are falling apart in their own turn. The delayed-action mine, placed
during the establishment of the USSR will still display its effects
for a rather long time, unless the very Georgia and Azerbaijan realize
that the territorial integrity of their countries is not the truth of
the ultimate authority.
PanARMENIAN.Net» analytical department
Elections in unrecognized republics are more
democratic than those in metropolitan countries.
The delayed-action mine, placed during the
establishment of the USSR will still display its
effects for a rather long time.
06.03.2007 GMT+04:00
The history repeats itself - Transnistria, Nagorno-Karabakh, and now
Abkhazia. The unrecognized republics' wish to decide their destiny on
their own has again faced the resistance of the World Community, and
the Parliamentary Elections in Abkhazia may serve as a proof for the
above mentioned. `All the elections held in Abkhazia in post-war
period speak for the stable move towards democracy and development of
jural state', said the president Sergei Bagapsh after voting in the
polls.
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ `We have all the attributes for freedom and
democracy, namely opposition, independent Mass Media, alternative
elections,' the president emphasized. It was immediately followed by
announcements made by EU and USA. The President of Georgia Mikhail
Saakashvili didn't keep aside either and announced, that `the attempt
to legalize this anarchism must not be recognized neither by Georgia,
nor by the World Community'. Things are clear with Georgia - in fact
it has almost de jure lost Abkhazia and South Ossetia, just like
Azerbaijan has lost Nagorno-Karabakh, and Moldova has lost
Transnistria. Strangely enough, elections in unrecognized republics
are more democratic than those in metropolitan countries. The
difference perhaps is that in the very situation the population of
Nagorno-Karabakh, Abkhazia, Transnistria decides itself how to live,
while Azerbaijan, Georgia and Moldova have different principles, and
the fact that those principles are not recognized in the world,
doesn't prevent the international community to shut its eyes to
them. Here the matter is not in particular `love' EU has for Ilham
Aliyev or for Saakashvili; the matter is not even in energy vectors or
military bases, but in the stability of the region. And unfortunately
these are the presidents who can secure peace in two rather
problematic countries of the Southern Caucasus. The most essential
problem is the ethnic problem, and in this aspect the wish of the
certain groups of the population, wanting to live in their own way may
lead to chain reaction in Azerbaijan, where several large ethnic
groups, which during the Soviet times were registered as Azerbaijani
are settled. Those are the Talishs, the Lezghins, the Tats, and the
Udins. The same problem exists in Georgia. If suddenly the World
Community recognizes the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh, Abkhazia,
South Ossetia, and Transnistria, the future of the South Caucasus will
be very problematic.
According to Sergei Bagapsh; `The World Community must finally realize
that Abkhazia doesn't simply acquire democratic values, but also
follows them'. At the same time the Abkhazian authorities don't expect
Georgia's consent, but they still hope to count on the international
recognition of the republic. `Even the strongest autonomy - it is
already a past phase', says the Security Council secretary of the
unrecognized republic Stanislav Lakoba, `Other political approaches
should be developed.'
It should be mentioned that the President Saakashvili has mentioned
more than once, that he intends to gain back his power over Abkhazia
and South Ossetia. These announcements are not taken seriously in
Abkhazia, just like Ilham Aliyev's announcements over the issue of
Nagorno-Karabakh are not.
As for announcement made by EU, it speaks of nothing else than `the
complete support of Georgia's territorial integrity'. According to
Europe's position `Georgian elections in the region will be recognized
only after all the refugees are granted the right to safely return
home.' The declaration of the EU was also supported by the EU
candidate-countries - Turkey, Croatia and Macedonia, as well as by
other European countries including Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Serbia, Ukraine, and Moldova.
The reasons EU has adopted the above mentioned position are clear - it
has its own problems; such as the Basque issue, the issue of the Irish
of Dublin, the Francophones of Belgium, which are not against getting
apart either. This whole story reminds Moscow's position at the
beginning of the Karabakh conflict; the same fear regarding the chain
reaction. But the most important edification is that in spite of all
preventive measures, the USSR clove into a number of countries, which
are falling apart in their own turn. The delayed-action mine, placed
during the establishment of the USSR will still display its effects
for a rather long time, unless the very Georgia and Azerbaijan realize
that the territorial integrity of their countries is not the truth of
the ultimate authority.
PanARMENIAN.Net» analytical department