LEGITIMACY WILL BE GAINED BY SIGNING THE PROTOCOLS, SAYS ARF-D LEADER
Tert
Sept 22 2009
Armenia
ARF-D Leader Vahan Hovhannisyan stated today that he has concerns
that President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan will sign
the document on Armenian-Turkish relations on October 13.
"I see that he [Serzh Sargsyan] is more prone to signing the document,
than not signing. And I see that it will be very difficult to make
any changes. I am afraid, he will sign…"
Hovhannisyan added, however, that doesn’t mean that we have to
withdraw, without noting whom he meant by "we".
In answer to a journalist’s question regarding what steps ARF-D will
take in that case, Hovhannisyan said, "The time will come, then we
will see."
"I see two options here, either you have already secretly signed the
document and don’t announce it, which is the least likely, or you
wish to sign the document so much, that you are ready to cheat your
own nation in order to reach that goal," Hovhannisyan stated.
The ARF-D representative stubbornly continued to manoeuvre away from
discussing Serzh Sargsyan’s resignation or responding to questions
of the like.
"Our aim is to eat walnus. It’s not necessary to beat the guard
protecting the garden where the walnuts grow. One can eat walnuts
without beating the guard…"
In answer to Tert.am’s question, what is his position on the idea
voiced recently that illegitimate authorities, resulting from last
year’s questionable presidential elections, cannot legitimize the
document by signing it and perhaps if he thinks that signing the
document ratifying Armenian-Turkish relations has an aim of gaining
that legitimacy, Hovhannisyan answered:
"To take comfort in the fact that the signatory is illegitimate
is meaningless, because as soon as he signs, he will become quite
legitimate. You can be sure of that.
"As for gaining legitimacy, yes, I agree that, unfortunately, it is
not excluded that readiness for such a concession can be explained
also by the wish to strengthen one’s position," Hovhannisyan concluded.