ACCORDING TO ZHIRAYR SEFILIAN, ALL-ARMENIAN CONFERENCE ORGANIZED BY ARFD IN STEPANAKERT WAS A "SHOW"

Noyan Tapan
July 22, 2009

YEREVAN, JULY 22, NOYAN TAPAN. Withdrawal of Armenian troops from
Armenian territories by the document called Madrid Principles will
result in loss of not only Artsakh, but also of the whole Armenian
statehood. Zhirayr Sefilian, the Coordinator of the Miatsum movement,
stated at the July 21 press conference. In his words, RA President
Serzh Sargsyan should stop the campaign of the authorities under the
motto "Let’s cede a part to save the whole." Otherwise, according to
Z. Sefilian, they "will try to prevent that campaign to some extent
in non-standard ways." In response to the question of whether the
non-standard ways are the constitutional ways he said: "There is no
Constitution in Armenia."

Z. Sefilian named a "show" the All-Armenian Conference organized
by ARFD in Stepanakert lately. According to his information, by
Serzh Sargsyan’s order, President’s brother, RA NA deputy Sashik
Sargsyan had financed the conference. "The show was organized to be
used in the negotiations, however, he did not need it," Z. Sefilian
said. He classed the resolution adopted at the conference as "padded
out." Expressing bewilderment that the word "liberated" was never
used in the document and document’s authors name the native land a
"security zone," Z. Sefilian stated that "these people are ready to
make the native land a subject of trade." In his words, under the
circumstances the only way out is to get rid of these authorities as
soon as possible.