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VAZGEN MANUKIAN: I CALL FOR CONSOLIDATING NOT AROUND MY PERSONALITY, BUT AROUND IDEAS
Noyan Tapan
Nov 28, 2007
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 28, NOYAN TAPAN. At the congress of the National
Democratic Union held on November 28, a decision was made to offer
the candidature of party Chairman Vazgen Manukian for the presidential
elections of February 19, 2008.
"We live like serfs in a country, where the elections mechanism
does not work at all, which lacks political and economic competitive
capacity," the NDU Chairman stated in his speech.
According to him, to get rid of the authorities at any price has
become society's dictate, but according to the NDU leader, this
approach is not so right, "as all this is not only conditioned by
personalities." According to V. Manukian's observation, the disgraceful
political processes in Armenia are based on the already formed peculiar
system and are the logical continuation of one another. "The year 1998
was conditioned by 1996, the incidents of October 27 were conditioned
by 1998, 2003 was conditioned by October 27," V. Manukian said.
He also stated that the Nagorno Karabakh problem has never been so
important as today. According to V. Manukian, the slogan "let's
cede Karabakh and live well" is very dangerous, as "if we cede
Karabakh, there will be no Armenia any longer." As he mentioned,
today a generation lives in Karabakh, to whom the NKR's status under
the USSR is alien, the very generation should decide its fate. "I do
not know a case, when two other states sign documents regarding the
future of a third state. Only conquerred states are dealt this way,"
V. Manukian said.
In his words, Azerbaijan has huge oil resources, which permits that
country to develop and to strengthen its army. And Armenia, according
to the NDU leader, should be able to make time work in favor of itself,
for which "it should become really a democratic country, should use
Diaspora's resource, which is equal to Azerbaijan's oil resource."
In the current situation, as the NDU leader emphasized, he calls all
Armenian political forces for consolidating not around his personality,
but around the ideas adopted by him.
Arshak Sadoyan and Shavarsh Kocharian, the leaders of the Union of
National Democrats and National Democratic Party, took part in the
congress. They declared their readiness to support V. Manukian's
candidature in the 2008 presidential elections. Armen Rustamian,
a representative of the ARFD Supreme Body, Hrant Khachatrian, the
Chairman of the Constitutional Law Union, Vardan Khachatrian, the
Secretary of the Zharangutiun (Heritage) party, Mher Shahgeldian,
the Vice-Chairman of the Orinats Yerkir (Country of Law) party, Aram
Haroutiunian, the Chairman of the National Consent party, Hrachya
Sargsian, the Vice-Chairman of the Nor Zhamanakner (New Times) party,
and others made greeting speeches.
Noyan Tapan
Nov 28, 2007
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 28, NOYAN TAPAN. At the congress of the National
Democratic Union held on November 28, a decision was made to offer
the candidature of party Chairman Vazgen Manukian for the presidential
elections of February 19, 2008.
"We live like serfs in a country, where the elections mechanism
does not work at all, which lacks political and economic competitive
capacity," the NDU Chairman stated in his speech.
According to him, to get rid of the authorities at any price has
become society's dictate, but according to the NDU leader, this
approach is not so right, "as all this is not only conditioned by
personalities." According to V. Manukian's observation, the disgraceful
political processes in Armenia are based on the already formed peculiar
system and are the logical continuation of one another. "The year 1998
was conditioned by 1996, the incidents of October 27 were conditioned
by 1998, 2003 was conditioned by October 27," V. Manukian said.
He also stated that the Nagorno Karabakh problem has never been so
important as today. According to V. Manukian, the slogan "let's
cede Karabakh and live well" is very dangerous, as "if we cede
Karabakh, there will be no Armenia any longer." As he mentioned,
today a generation lives in Karabakh, to whom the NKR's status under
the USSR is alien, the very generation should decide its fate. "I do
not know a case, when two other states sign documents regarding the
future of a third state. Only conquerred states are dealt this way,"
V. Manukian said.
In his words, Azerbaijan has huge oil resources, which permits that
country to develop and to strengthen its army. And Armenia, according
to the NDU leader, should be able to make time work in favor of itself,
for which "it should become really a democratic country, should use
Diaspora's resource, which is equal to Azerbaijan's oil resource."
In the current situation, as the NDU leader emphasized, he calls all
Armenian political forces for consolidating not around his personality,
but around the ideas adopted by him.
Arshak Sadoyan and Shavarsh Kocharian, the leaders of the Union of
National Democrats and National Democratic Party, took part in the
congress. They declared their readiness to support V. Manukian's
candidature in the 2008 presidential elections. Armen Rustamian,
a representative of the ARFD Supreme Body, Hrant Khachatrian, the
Chairman of the Constitutional Law Union, Vardan Khachatrian, the
Secretary of the Zharangutiun (Heritage) party, Mher Shahgeldian,
the Vice-Chairman of the Orinats Yerkir (Country of Law) party, Aram
Haroutiunian, the Chairman of the National Consent party, Hrachya
Sargsian, the Vice-Chairman of the Nor Zhamanakner (New Times) party,
and others made greeting speeches.