PanArmenian News
March 5 2005

UNITED STATES DO NOT PLAN A ~SCOLOURED REVOLUTION~T IN YEREVAN

It looks like Armenian is not included in the list of states not
suitable for Washington.

In the nearest future, US Congress will consider the draft
legislation introduced by senators John McCain and Joseph Lieberman.
The draft presupposes rendering support to democratic movements in
developing countries of Eastern Europe and Asia. The document is
called ~SAdvance democracy act~T. According to political
correspondents, approval of the legislation will promote the export
of ~Svelvet revolutions~T from Ukraine and Georgia to other CIS
countries. If approved, the initiative of McCain and Lieberman will
also instill confidence in Armenian oppositionists.

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ In Russia the legislation draft was viewed as a
sanction of US administration to interfere in the internal policy of
other states. The authors of the document do not conceal that their
initiative is mainly aimed at protecting the political interests of
Unites States and not the civil rights of the people of countries
that are considered undemocratic by Washington. «The promotion of
democracy and freedom is simply inseparable from the long term
security of the United States,” said Senator McCain. «When the
security of New York or Washington or California depends in part of
the degree on freedom in Riyadh or Baghdad or Cairo, we must promote
democracy building and society improvement in those countries~T, John
McCain stated. It is quite easy to guess what the senator implies by
saying ~Ssociety improvement~T because he mentions Georgia, Ukraine,
Iraq and Palestinian autonomy as countries where Americans managed to
achieve ~Simprovement~T.

The ~SAdvance democracy act~T supposes allocation of 300 million
dollars for the ~Ssupport to democracy abroad~T. It is planned to
establish in Washington a special structure aimed at coordinating
~Sdemocracy producing~T in developing countries. The ~Soffice of
Democracy Movements and Transitions at the State Department~T will be
in charge for supporting regimes that are convenient for the USA.
Separate ~SRegional Democracy Hubs~T are planned to be established at
American embassies in all those countries that Americans consider
undemocratic. Up to now the role of those structures has been carried
out locally by the departments of US National democratic institute.
Such a department is functioning also in Yerevan and actively
cooperates with more ~Sprogressive~T oppositional parties. After the
arrival of new specialists from Washington the tactics of
~Sinstruction~T of Armenian oppositionists will possibly change.

It is likely that the leader of oppositional ~SJustice~T bloc Stepan
Demirchyan took into account the initiative of Lieberman and McCain
mentioning about his readiness to cooperate with the US National
democratic institute on his Tuesday press conference. Maybe this is a
peculiar signal about the ability of ~SJustice~T bloc to justify the
expectations of Americans. After all 300 millions is not a small sum
and even the hundredth part of that sum will be enough for supporting
~Svelvet revolutions~T that are so much spoken of by Armenian
oppositionists.

However, there are no grounds to suppose that Armenia is one of those
countries ~Sdemocratization~T of which is among the priority tasks of
United States. The authors of the legislation clearly specify in what
countries they want to ~Sintroduce democracy~T. In his speech at the
Senate Joseph Lieberman only mentioned that in the world there are at
least 45 countries that really need to learn from the West what
democracy is. It is likely that the matter concerns the list made by
the international ~SFreedom House~T organization. Armenia is not
included in that list. From CIS countries there are only Russia,
Byelorussia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.

It seems that the answer to the question where the USA is going to
stir up ~Svelvet revolutions~T should be sought in the talk between
George Bush and the leader of Ukrainian revolutionists Vladislav
Kaskiv. At the end of the conversation the leader of all-Ukrainian
~SPora~T non-governmental organization that brought Victor Yushenko to
power said that the US President has blessed him to create an expert
center for supporting democratic movements in neighboring countries ~V
Russia, Byelorussia, Moldova and Azerbaijan. Armenia was not
mentioned. It should noticed that after the meeting of Bush and
Kaskiv ~SPora~T organization sent letters to presidents of several CIS
countries warning about upcoming ~Sorange revolutions~T. In the cabinet
of Ilham Aliev the letter spread panic and Kaskiv was immediately
announced persona non grata in Azerbaijan. Meanwhile the President of
Armenia has nothing to worry about since he has not received any
letters from Kiev…

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