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    REPUBLICANS CANNOT GOVERN
    ARMAN GALOYAN

    Lragir.am
    28 Sept 10

    Interview with the deputy from the NA ARF faction Artsvik Minasyan

    Electoral campaign seems to have kicked off. Against this background,
    disagreements between two coalition forces RP and BHK are seen. In
    your opinion, are these disagreements real and whether the opposition
    has to use them?

    I think the primary issue of the opposition is to unite the
    oppositional part of the society around concrete ideas and plans.

    After this, the targets of the power's failures have to be found and
    highlighted. And the third important principle is that people need
    to stay far from the figure of a personalized leader. This is very
    important because if this approach is not shown, the split will be
    inevitable and as a result people will lose. After all it is evident
    that coalition forces have their narrow interests, and calculations
    may not coincide. The opposition is necessary to evaluate the moment
    right, to notice the omissions of the coalition and present them to
    the society showing that this coalition and the force involved in it
    - the Republican Party cannot govern the country and has to ensure
    those developments which are necessary for progress in our country.

    Is there apathy among the society and political forces or the political
    life returned from holidays?

    The survey which revealed that forty percent of people want to leave
    the country proves the disappointment and that our citizens have
    no interest in the political life and do not see any possibility to
    change the life through politics. Here, the role of political forces
    is important.

    On the other hand, such passivity is expedient for the ruling political
    forces which want to enjoy their power without tension.

    There is an evident clash of interests: on one side, there is the
    active oppositional part, on the other - those who want to enjoy their
    power. Who will win in this stage will be known by winter. We try to
    keep our citizens sober. As you know, an ARF rally is to be held in
    the Aragatsotn region in connection with social-economic issues of
    the region. This is an example that other political forces could use
    to join the rebellion to show the way out.

    Before the ARF, the HAK held a rally. Why did the ARF not join the
    HAK rally but only continues to criticize the Congress?

    We need to view the agendas of the political forces. The main issue on
    the agenda of the Armenian National Congress is the change of power
    which is not coming true and this idea is being humiliated when at
    each next event by the HAK, the probability for this idea to come
    true weakens. Every time a new direction appears where the Congress
    leadership shows its loyalty to the policy of the power.

    For us, not only foreign, but also home issues are on the agenda. We
    say that there are issues on which we are ready to cooperate with
    any force. Who hinders the Congress to join the ARF Dashnaktsutyun?

    Instead we only hear accusations by the HAK in address of the ARF or
    its history. The reality is being mutated. If they think in doing so
    they become stronger, they are mistaken.

    The last rally of the HAK once again proved my affirmation that the
    First president, not wanting to hold the office of the president of
    the country, tries to be a pan-national leader. He is not interested
    in the post of the president, but he pursues the goal to be the only
    opposition whom the authorities have to listen to and obey.

    The impression is that the ARF fights against the Pan-Armenian National
    Movement and Levon Ter-Petrosyan than the ruling power.

    There are two ideologies in our country which are fighting: the one
    is the ANM extreme and non-regulated ideology and the second is the
    nationalistic ideology of the ARF. If someone thinks that nationalists
    are within the power, they are wrong. Forces born from the ANM are
    within the power, which left the ANM and tried to form their own force
    and to govern the country. But they have the same ideology. From the
    point of individuals, I see no difference between the power and the
    ANM, except one thing: if the first president, along with his team,
    had an evident anti-Dashnaktsutyun attitude, the current power tries
    to do it in a concealed form.

    Is it not possible to cooperate with the Congress in connection with
    the change of power then to compete during elections?

    I do not accept this approach. This reminds wild films when they try
    to eliminate the enemy and share the wealth. This is a thinking of
    bandits. Bandits try to take the wealth and share after. Until you
    have no plan to use the wealth for the sake of people, the fight
    becomes a fight for posts. We do not accept this; we are inclined to
    being responsible. We do not see the same on the other side except a
    few member of the HAK; I do not see others who want to be responsible.

    Just the contrary, they always make statements which put people into
    apathy such as "unless concessions are made in the Karabakh issue,
    Armenia will not develop".




    From: A. Papazian
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