NIKOL PHASHINIAN: "RPA HAS CHANCES TO WIN NOT IN ELECTIONS BUT IN "’BOUNDLESSNESS’"
Noyan Tapan
Jul 17 2007
YEREVAN, JULY 17, NOYAN TAPAN. By the allegation of Nikol Phashinian,
a member of the "Alternative" non-governmental political organization,
no Armenian pro-governmental figure mentions during political debates
the fact that Armenia has become the outpost of Russia, that it has
been deprived of the opportunity to come up with any initiative in the
territory and can oppose nothing to the programs of its neighbours. As
he declared during the debate with republican Armen Ashotian on July
17, Armenia is also losing in diplomatic work, which is conducted
with regard to the Karabakh conflict, as it is considered to be an
"occupant" in the latest international documents and is charged with
"implementing ethnic cleansing", whereas, Azerbaijan is making its
positions more and more powerful.
Armen Ashotian declared in his turn that even if Armenia is an outpost,
then an outpost is envisaged both for defence and attack. In addition
to this, according to the representative of the RPA faction, Armenia
cannot live under isolated circumstances, since small countries are
condemned to take into consideration the policy of great powers.
In response to a journalist’s question of what chances the RPA
faction has in the 2008 presidential elections, A. Ashotian said:
"I ask the mass media to make a record of the following: there is no
alternative for the victory of Serge Sargsian." Nikol Phashinian as
well touched upon this question, saying that the RPA faction has no
chance to win in the elections, but it can, no doubt, gain a victory
in "boundlessness." The member of the "Alternative" non-governmental
political organization also blamed A. Ashotian for serving for the
current regime and called him a "slave."