Ex-ruling party blames authorities for Armenia’s “critical situation”

Arminfo
9 Dec 04

YEREVAN

Armenia and Nagornyy Karabakh are in a critical situation today, the
24th session of the former ruling Armenian Pan-National Movement
[APNM] said in a resolution passed today.

Over the last few years, not only has Armenia lost its previous status
of an “island of democracy” in the South Caucasus, it is also
mentioned in international organizations and documents only in
connection with such notions as “occupied territories”, “ethnic
cleansing” and others which threaten Armenia with international
sanctions, the resolution said.

There is already talk about setting up a UN group to gather facts and
issue a legal decision on Armenia. The objective seems to lie in
resolving the issue of Armenia in line with the Yugoslav scenario.

Armenia is facing the threat of a hopeless war and meaningless
losses. The entire responsibility for all the aforesaid lies with the
incumbent administration, with the forces that comprise the
administration and with the opposition that carries the same ideology
and “feeds on it”, the authors of the document believe.

In their view, the way out of this pernicious situation is to topple
the incumbent regime in Armenia and establish a legitimate government
that would be political in essence [as reported] and would be capable
of making radical decisions; to restore constitutional order; to
return to a healthy society and ensure democracy. The APNM intends to
politically oppose the tricks of the incumbent regime and its
anti-national and anti-democratic steps which lead to the death of
Armenia and Nagornyy Karabakh.

Therefore, the APNM will continue to cooperate with all the
ideologically like-minded political organizations to return the
country to its natural development and security by legitimate means,
says the resolution.