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    MEN MUST RESIST

    http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/interview-lrah os15357.html
    14:09:38 - 30/09/2009

    In your opinion, what is the role of the opposition within the public
    and what is opposition in general?

    I think I am not ready to give such total answers because I do not have
    much political experience though I have been engaged in politics with
    the whole nation or better to say the politics has been engaged in us
    since '88. As a representative of that generation, I was formed as an
    oppositional supporter. During soviet years, being oppositional meant
    being anti-soviet, after we understood that the point is not about the
    name of the regime but its content, economic, ideological and political
    content. In those years, we thought we were dealing with socialism
    but in reality, it was a military bureaucratic rough dictatorship. In
    fact, the Communistic party was a group of careerists who made their
    minds very quickly and entered in other parties. Chernomirdin once
    noted that any party was formed it was a communistic one. He is a
    famous philosopher and I think he is right because our governmental
    parties are the pieces of former Communistic party. In other words,
    they are not people having communistic ideas but they only care abut
    their carrier under any regime.

    I started from far to understand what opposition is in the end. Is
    it just a strong wish to oppose to the government and to take their
    place? For my generation, opposition is resistance. I will permit
    myself to recall the philosophy we were led in the beginnings of
    '80 before the start of the national liberating movement. I compare
    this period to France in '40 when it was occupied by German fascists
    and any type of opposition seemed ridiculous and senseless. In those
    years, the philosophy of existentialism appeared the meaning of which
    was that a man even in the most hopeless situation had to struggle
    to defend their dignity.

    The demand of this moment is that we have to do anything and everything
    to ruin those outrageous protocols which will irreparably harm the
    image of our nation. Everyone independently from the camp has to
    unite in this crucial moment.

    Recently you have repeatedly noted that we have to re-form the
    opposition. What opposition force do you mean?

    I mean the idealistic opposition that has to defend people's rights
    in this as Ter-Petrosyan notes very well criminal-oligarchic regime. I
    agree with Ter-Petrosyan's formula but I want to recall that he wants
    to replace an oligarch with another one. When they bring the example
    of Khachatur Sukiasyan, I understand that they want to replace Petros
    by Poghos. And there is no difference for people. The real opposition
    today is the socialism.

    Once you said we did not have opposition after March 1. Did we
    have before?

    After March 1, we not only did not have opposition but also a state. We
    had possibilities before. But March 1 was the peak of a chain which
    perhaps started when the first elections in 1996 were rigged, it was
    continued by October 27 and was crowned by March 1. Every time new
    election gives new possibilities. People make their choice, I do not
    mean those thousands of people whose votes are rigged. I needed to
    meet with our newly elected president with a group of people and we
    made four concrete proposals because intellectuals do not have to only
    shout and cry but also make proposals. We made concrete proposals
    which could remove the country from the crisis. He did not accept
    any of the proposals and made his choice. But only the just will
    win. Injustice does not live for ever.

    The Soviet Union lived for 70 years, the German Reich lived for 12
    years, it is just a glance for the world history. Do we need to sell
    our motherland for 20-30 years of profit from Nabuko gas pipeline with
    a ridiculous name or to enrich a number of people? It is absurd. It
    will never happen.

    Do you agree with the opinion that the stronger the government is
    the stronger the opposition is.

    You know, strength is a comparative notion. We have to first understand
    what strength is. Everyone knows what is good or bad. We know what
    is just and unjust, in other words, the man who say the truth is
    strong. If the government says the truth it will immediately become
    stronger. If the opposition lies, count how many people it gathers.

    Maybe it is honest to some extent.

    Honesty cannot be counted. You are either honest or not. And the
    official opposition tries to be a little honest and a little not. The
    reason is that the number of its supporters deceased.

    Mr. Khzmalyan, there is the opinion that Turkey will not recognize
    the Armenian genocide. So why do we have to live isolated?

    It will. If it is forced to.

    Is this not false optimism?

    No, the point is that it is a particular punishment measure. This
    fact harms Turkey which is the reason why Turkey spends million of
    dollars annually to shift the accusation of genocide. Now, with the
    help of Serge Sargsyan it spares much.

    When someone is hit in head, they become duller. The March 1 was a very
    strong hit. And I feel that we have the question on awaking people.

    Recently, one of the leaders of Singapore was invited to
    Armenia. Singapore is one of the richest countries. He said that
    there are three criteria: to get rid of monopolies and oligarchs, to
    get rid of corruption and to invest in education. Our prime minister
    said smiling Singapore has its aims we have our ones. Apparently,
    our aims are not the above-mentioned.

    I understand the Armenian president is under huge repressions from
    abroad which make him organize pilgrimages to convince the Diaspora
    it is right. I think the RA president has to be under one repression
    the one of the people and we have to organize this repression.

    And the opposition is not the people with ties who hold speeches but
    those women who think how they will feed their children and those
    men who leave their families and go to find work in Russia and those
    children who do not have future here.
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