DASHNAKTSUTYUN DISTINGUISHES KARABAKH AND ARMENIA

Lragir.am
18-06-2007 13:14:36

The deputy speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia Vahan
Hovanisyan, member of the ARF Bureau, says with regard to the
presidential election of Karabakh that it is impossible to expect full
application of the democratic institutions in Nagorno-Karabakh. Vahan
Hovanisyan said this in a news conference on June 18 at the National
Press Club. On the other hand, however, Vahan Hovanisyan thinks
everyone has observed more fair elections in Karabakh than in the
neighboring countries, including Armenia. The member of the ARF Bureau
is not worried about home political tensions in Karabakh, as to the
concern voiced by individual experts about the efforts to prevent
change of the government, namely NKR President Arkady Ghukasyan’s
efforts to make Bako Sahakyan president, Vahan Hovanisyan’s attitude
is positive.

"I think any government seeks reproduction. It is an axiom, I did not
invent it. It is another problem whether it is good or bad, but let
us take into account that if the government wants to reproduce and
improve, it is not bad, if at the same time the security, prosperity,
growth of people is sustained," Vahan Hovanisyan says. Ostensibly, Bako
Sahakyan is "good reproduction" for the ARF Dashnaktsutyun, otherwise
the decision to support Sahakyan made by the ARF Dashnaktsutyun
Karabakh, which is allegedly opposition, would be illogical. The stance
of this organization is the stance of the party which was spelled out,
and Vahan Hovanisyan has nothing to add.

Nevertheless, the logic of the decision of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun’s
Karabakh organization and generally the ARF Dashnaktsutyun’s stance on
the presidential election of Karabakh is not distinct. The point is
that the ARF Dashnaktsutyun insists on naming president of Armenia,
meanwhile in Karabakh it did not name president and supports the
government’s candidate. In answer to the question of Lragir.am Vahan
Hovanisyan said Armenia and Karabakh are different.

"I think the importance of the Armenian presidential election and
the Karabakh presidential election cannot be compared. For the ARF
Dashnaktsutyun, it is highly important to remain independent in
this stage.

This is the reason why we insisted on this decision," Vahan Hovanisyan
says. In this case, isn’t the independence of the Karabakh organization
important to the ARF Dashnaktsutyun’s leadership, which tolerates
the decision of this organization to support the candidate of the
government?

"Look, in Karabakh, I repeat the conditions are different. And if
some people make the Karabakh presidential election a political
event of global importance, we think the security of Karabakh does
not depend on the personality and approaches of the president of
Karabakh only. It is fought for and prepared here as well. Finally,
a clash in the presidential election in Nagorno-Karabakh is not
justified, because the final result is not justified. We had such
experience when we had our president in Karabakh who was opposed to
the Armenian government. We know how difficult it was to prevent the
reality that posed threat to Karabakh. It is hard work and in political
calculations the parties should first take into consideration the
national interests. We think the national interests require a quiet,
swift change of government in Karabakh and a clash of ideas, opinions,
approaches in Armenia. This is what the necessity for development
requires," the member of the ARF Bureau member thinks.

By saying that Dashnaktsutyun had its president in Karabakh Vahan
Hovanisyan means that before the presidential government the parliament
of Karabakh had two leaders from the ARF Dashnaktsutyun, Arthur
Mkrtichyan and Georgy Petrosyan who now is the foreign minister of
Karabakh. "We were strong at that time, but the political opponents
were also strong, and relied on the Armenian government," Vahan
Hovanisyan says. And by saying political opponents he means the wing
which brought Robert Kocharyan to power in Karabakh.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress