Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

Acting together but independently - no agreement in how to divide po

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • Acting together but independently - no agreement in how to divide po

    Acting together but independently - no agreement in how to divide power
    By Karine Mangassarian

    Yerkir/arm
    10 June 05

    While the Armenian pro-governmental political leaders are organizing
    the Unity Round Dance, the opposition forces are starting the summer
    season with another "unity dance" that once again aims at organizing
    a revolution in Armenia.

    However, the difference between these two "unity" events is that
    while in the first case all the participants were dancing the same
    dance, in the second case each of the them is trying to dance his
    individual dance.

    Nevertheless, every time they meet at conventions of this or that party
    the opposition leaders do their best to praise each other in their
    statements. There is always one conclusion to these statements - let's
    join our efforts to organize a revolution and get rid of the "illegal
    government". These outbursts of unity fade away in the same couloirs
    where the conventions are held and the revolutions are discussed.

    The situation outside the couloirs is different. Let's have a look at
    several examples. The Armenian opposition forces with the exception
    of the radical Azgayin Miabanutyun (National Unity) Party attended
    the third convention of Zharangutyun (Heritage) Party.

    At this convention, Raffi Hovhannissian was elected president of the
    party. Leader of Hanrapetutyun (Republic) Party Aram Zaven Sargsian,
    President of National Self-Determination Union Paruyr Hayrikian,
    leader of the Armenian Democratic Party Stepan Demirchian and
    oppositioner-by-chance Hovhannes Hovhannissian were there to praise
    the party and its leaders.

    Their statements addressed everything except the question who would
    be leading the nation after the revolution. In other words, no one
    can tell the people who can replace the current president.

    We are sure that those who support the opposition forces are waiting
    for them to nominate one leader for the opposition. But we have a
    different picture - at public demonstrations recently launched in
    different regions of Armenia we can see different political leaders
    ready to organize a revolution.

    At one demonstration the revolution leader is Aram Karapetian of
    New Times Party, at another one it is Stepan Demirchian, at a third
    demonstration Artashes Geghamian is ready to head the revolution. By
    the way, speaking of the latter, it should be noted that this branch
    of radical opposition has somewhat isolated itself from our political
    arena and does not attend even the demonstrations organized by its
    fellow opposition parties.

    Another opposition leader, Aram Zaven Sargsian is so disappointed
    with his fellow opposition leaders that he now relies only on the
    National Assembly Vice Speaker Artur Baghdasarian considering him the
    only democratic force in the existing government. Maybe Sargsian is
    looking for someone in the US to sponsor this democracy?

    Outbursts of jealousy accompany the opposition's activities -
    the Democratic Party of Armenia has started worrying because Aram
    Sargsian has got disappointed with their leader. In other words,
    the chaos in the opposition camp is obvious. The roles and positions
    have all shifted; the leaders and followers are all mixed; no one is
    clear about the time and objectives of the revolution.

    And the main reason for this disorganization and seeming unity is
    that the opposition forces cannot decide on how to divide power after
    a revolution. None of the opposition leaders can ever accept the
    thought that he can occupy a position lower than the president. Any
    other position would be simply humiliating for any of them.
Working...
X