FREE BUT RESPONSIBLE
Aram Abrahamian
Aravot, Armenia
Sept 12 2006
If UN General Assembly adopted a resolution without any serious
cause 10 days ago where Karabakh was named "Occupied territory of
Azerbaijan", do you imagine the reaction of our opposition? It would
be said by all means that it was the result of "talentless diplomacy"
of "treacherous authority". The former opposition hasn’t forgotten
"Lisbon’s decision" in ’96 up to the present day /in reality it was
the OSCE acting chairman’s declaration/. It seems, nowadays opposition
isn’t engaged in such problems. While it is worth to speak about UN
resolution avoiding of above mentioned qualifications.
Azerbaijan succeeded in discussion and conclusion of a Karabakhian
problem in the UN, though no country in the General Assembly thinks
that fires are broken out every year and by natural reasons. We should
remind that Armenia always argues that OSCE is engaged in Karabakh
problem and put the problem out from agenda. I think the problem
isn’t the lack of diplomatic mastery but the internal situation of
our country, and this kind of resolutions should be observed as a
message if not as a punishment.
Those who make a decision in the UN or other international instances
are perfectly informed about our situation. They are well informed
that Armenia is a country where a/ parliamentary and presidential
elections are rigged for 11 years, b/ the authority has drawn
impossible figure of voters after constitutional referendum, c/
the killer gets conditional sentence and the deserter is sentenced
to 4 years’ imprisonment, d/ where illiterate and backward persons
become parliamentarians /in spite of their criminal inclination/ and
their number will be multiplied in the next parliament. Though there
are countries in the world where the situation in this case is worse
for 100 times but those countries have internal resources to persist
foreign attacks. We must correspond with democratic standards to have
play cards in our national problems.
So our authority must be "free but responsible" as it says.
Certainly, not only the authority.