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MOVEMENT AND DASHNAKTSUTYUN SEEK AND FIND EACH OTHER AFTER DATE OF EXPIRY
Lragir
Oct 9 2007
Armenia
Republican Member of Parliament Armen Ashotyan thinks the discourse of
election campaign based on ideology by a number of political forces
is a ruse. According to Ashotyan, ideological campaign occurs when
controversial forces compete.
"By a controversial election I mean the situation that occurred in
1990-1991, the society, people chose a model of development of the
country. It chose between transition from communism to socialism
and from communism to liberalism, capitalism," Armen Ashotyan says,
adding that it was a struggle of ideas. According to him, the society
made its choice, and has been proceeding along this path for 16 years
now, and there is no way back, so it is pointless to speak about a
new struggle of ideologies.
"Even if Marxist Davit Hakobyan is elected president, Armenia already
has an internal and external framework and the model adopted by his
government must fit into this framework," Armen Ashotyan says.
According to him, the internal framework is the Constitution and
legislation, the external framework is the obligations assumed before
the international organizations.
According to him, in Armenia the most time-favored ideology is
that of the Republican Party, that is conservatism. Armen Ashotyan
thinks liberalism is out of date because Armenia has adopted the two
principles of liberalism, human rights and property, irreversibly.
Armen Ashotyan thinks Dashnaktsutyun's national socialism is almost
a past stage. He thinks it was up to date 117 years ago when people
suffered from poverty and the yoke of Ottoman Turkey. "In no country
socialist parties bear a nationalist mark," Armen Ashotyan says.
As to the All-Armenian Movement referring to itself as a liberal
and the ARF Dashnaktsutyun referring to itself as a socialist camp,
Armen Ashotyan explains that the date of their ideologies is expiring,
and they are seeking for opposite poles to tackle this situation and
prolong their life, and they find each other.
Lragir
Oct 9 2007
Armenia
Republican Member of Parliament Armen Ashotyan thinks the discourse of
election campaign based on ideology by a number of political forces
is a ruse. According to Ashotyan, ideological campaign occurs when
controversial forces compete.
"By a controversial election I mean the situation that occurred in
1990-1991, the society, people chose a model of development of the
country. It chose between transition from communism to socialism
and from communism to liberalism, capitalism," Armen Ashotyan says,
adding that it was a struggle of ideas. According to him, the society
made its choice, and has been proceeding along this path for 16 years
now, and there is no way back, so it is pointless to speak about a
new struggle of ideologies.
"Even if Marxist Davit Hakobyan is elected president, Armenia already
has an internal and external framework and the model adopted by his
government must fit into this framework," Armen Ashotyan says.
According to him, the internal framework is the Constitution and
legislation, the external framework is the obligations assumed before
the international organizations.
According to him, in Armenia the most time-favored ideology is
that of the Republican Party, that is conservatism. Armen Ashotyan
thinks liberalism is out of date because Armenia has adopted the two
principles of liberalism, human rights and property, irreversibly.
Armen Ashotyan thinks Dashnaktsutyun's national socialism is almost
a past stage. He thinks it was up to date 117 years ago when people
suffered from poverty and the yoke of Ottoman Turkey. "In no country
socialist parties bear a nationalist mark," Armen Ashotyan says.
As to the All-Armenian Movement referring to itself as a liberal
and the ARF Dashnaktsutyun referring to itself as a socialist camp,
Armen Ashotyan explains that the date of their ideologies is expiring,
and they are seeking for opposite poles to tackle this situation and
prolong their life, and they find each other.