ARMENIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT BOARD MEMBER BLAMES "TWO PERSONS FROM KARABAKH BY ORIGIN" FOR "SAD SITUATION" FORMED IN ARMENIA

Noyan Tapan
Sept 06 2006

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 6, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian National Movement is
the only political force speaking about compromise, quick variant of
Nagorno Karabakh settlement, Armenian National Movement (ANM) Board
member Aram Manukian declared at the September 6 dispute at the Hayeli
(Mirror) club. He also said that ANM today also has its place in the
Armenian political arena though it is not popular. The party has 6
thousand members, whose force, in Manukian’s words, "is in belief in
their own ideology." In connection with the country’s home political
developments A.Manukian criticized a number of Armenian parties.

"I regret to say that parties feeding the people prosper," he
mentioned, to all appearances, hinting at the People’s Party that
organizes free travels to Sevan for people of different regions. All
current political parties, as Manukian affirmed, are created either
around individuals or by their order. In response to a journalist’s
question, whether the Republican Party will not be insulted by his
words, the speaker said: "It is not important, let them be insulted. A
number of serious milksops have gathered in this party, whose dinity
does not let them keep high the honor of their party. And I want
this party’s honor to be high, as there are my friends that fought
for Karabakh in this party." Aram Manukian also regretted to say that
"70, 80-year-old intellectuals by groups join some party and express
a party position at this age." In Manukian’s words, "two persons from
Karabakh by origin are to blame for this sad situation."