DASHNAKTSUTYUN IS HMAYAK HOVANISYAN’S HOPE

Lragir.am
16:38:34 – 08/11/2008

The political scientist Hmayak Hovanisyan and the head of the ARF
Dashnaktsutyun office of political affairs and hay dat Kiro Manoyan
were hosted at the De Facto press club on November 8 for a debate on
the U.S. presidential election and the recognition of the Armenian
genocide in this context. Hmayak Hovanisyan said if Obama recognizes
the genocide, which he has pledged, it will first of all push Turkey to
improve relations with Armenia to rid of the stain of the tragic events
left on it. Hmayak Hovanisyan thinks the recognition will be helpful to
the United States too, which will thereby remain faithful to its image
of a forerunner of universal values. In this connection, Hmayak
Hovanisyan says Armenia should also take steps to push Obama to fulfill
his pledge. Among steps, Hmayak Hovanisyan offers the Armenian
government to pass a resolution on the Armenian genocide, which he had
proposed in 2002 but got a refusal. He says now it is time to do that,
and since he is not a member of parliament any more, Hmayak Hovanisyan
handed over the package with the appraisal of scholars to Kiro Manoyan
since the ARF Dashnaktsutyun has a parliamentary delegation and can
raise that issue at the parliament.

By the way, Kiro Manoyan said it is highly probable that Obama will not
repeat the previous presidential candidates who pledged to recognize
but failed to. Kiro Manoyan says a little before the election Obama
repeated his pledge, which is already a serious argument, and perhaps
therefore the Turkish prime minister congratulating Obama stated that
the recognition of the genocide would endanger the U.S.-Turkish
relations, Kiro Manoyan says.