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WHO WILL ARMENIAN GEORGIANS VOTE FOR?
Roza Hovhannisyan
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/politics27069.html
Published: 12:55:48 - 08/08/2012
Armenian Georgians, who are inclined to vote for the authorities in
the upcoming parliamentary elections in Georgia, are not few. It
is not ruled out that the larger part of the Armenian community
of Georgia will vote for the ruling United National Movement party
since they see no alternative in the opposition, Arnold Stepanyan,
coordinator of the assembly of Armenians of Tbilisi told Lragir.am.
According to him, unlike the period Shevarnadze's tenure, the current
authorities enhanced attention to the issues of the Armenian community,
though the problems increased too. In Javakhk the social-economic
condition has bettered, there is gas and electricity, roads are built,
but the educational and cultural issues are becoming tenser. After the
revolution, the number of Armenian schools has dropped and churches
are destroyed. The Georgian authorities don't do any serious step
to solve the cultural issues. But at the same time, the Armenian
community sees no alternative in the opposition, so it is inclined
to vote for the power, he said.
According to Stepanyan, the ruling party has chances to win in Javakhk
only in case the large part of Armenians votes. There are also some
oppositional groups in Javakk.
In Tbilisi, Armenians supporting the opposition are not few either.
According to him, they are more informed so they have better
opportunities to make a choice.
While in Javakhk, no one knows anything except the program of the
government, plus, the oppositional activists are pressured, says
Stepanyan adding that the authorities have done everything to make
the Javakhk opposition silent.
Arnold Stepanyan says despite the optimism of the Armenian community,
there is no party in Georgia ready to solve the issue on the
preservation of the Armenian culture in Georgia. According to him,
Armenian Georgians are also to blame because they are not enough
active in the political life of the country.
According to the latest official data, the number of the Armenian
population in Georgia is 246 thousand, of which 100 thousand live
in Tbilisi.
Roza Hovhannisyan
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/politics27069.html
Published: 12:55:48 - 08/08/2012
Armenian Georgians, who are inclined to vote for the authorities in
the upcoming parliamentary elections in Georgia, are not few. It
is not ruled out that the larger part of the Armenian community
of Georgia will vote for the ruling United National Movement party
since they see no alternative in the opposition, Arnold Stepanyan,
coordinator of the assembly of Armenians of Tbilisi told Lragir.am.
According to him, unlike the period Shevarnadze's tenure, the current
authorities enhanced attention to the issues of the Armenian community,
though the problems increased too. In Javakhk the social-economic
condition has bettered, there is gas and electricity, roads are built,
but the educational and cultural issues are becoming tenser. After the
revolution, the number of Armenian schools has dropped and churches
are destroyed. The Georgian authorities don't do any serious step
to solve the cultural issues. But at the same time, the Armenian
community sees no alternative in the opposition, so it is inclined
to vote for the power, he said.
According to Stepanyan, the ruling party has chances to win in Javakhk
only in case the large part of Armenians votes. There are also some
oppositional groups in Javakk.
In Tbilisi, Armenians supporting the opposition are not few either.
According to him, they are more informed so they have better
opportunities to make a choice.
While in Javakhk, no one knows anything except the program of the
government, plus, the oppositional activists are pressured, says
Stepanyan adding that the authorities have done everything to make
the Javakhk opposition silent.
Arnold Stepanyan says despite the optimism of the Armenian community,
there is no party in Georgia ready to solve the issue on the
preservation of the Armenian culture in Georgia. According to him,
Armenian Georgians are also to blame because they are not enough
active in the political life of the country.
According to the latest official data, the number of the Armenian
population in Georgia is 246 thousand, of which 100 thousand live
in Tbilisi.