HOVIK ABRAHAMYAN: "YOU ARE THE GENERATION OF OUR INDEPENDENCE"

National Assembly of RA
Jan 11 2010
Armenia

On December 25 at Al. Spendiarian Opera and Ballet National Academic
Theatre RA NA Speaker Mr. Hovik Abrahamyan participated in New
Year concert evening, which was organized by the youth wing of the
Republican Party of Armenia.

Warmly greeting those present and expressing gratitude to the youth
wing of the Republican Party for organizing such beautiful event,
RA NA Speaker, the member of the executive body and the board of the
Republican Party Mr. Hovik Abrahamyan said:

"Dear young people!

I greet you warmly. I am very glad that I have such occasion to meet
you. I heartily wish to express gratitude to the organizers of this
event, the youth organization of the Republican Party of Armenia. This
is a wonderful and important initiative on the Eve of the holidays
of the New Year and Christmas.

All of you are proud citizens of our free and independent country. All
of you have your political opinions, views, approaches and principles.

There may be also discontents and disagreements. I don’t see any
tragic or exceptional thing in it. All people cannot think in the same
way. However, it’s important that even after the tensest political
dispute instead of personal offence the mutual respect and the wish
of solving problems will remain with the partners. Try to understand
your interlocutor, listen to his/her problems and understand the life
of that man and the issues concerning him/her.

This is the only true way of solving problems and ensuring development
in our everyday life, as well as in the politics.

Looking at your young faces full of vitality and fervour I get
convinced that our country has good future. You are the generation
of our independence. We may say that you are of the age of the third
republic. I am confident that you’ll keep our country as apple of
your eye, and you’ll do your best for the prosperity of our country.

One of the proposed problems to the National Assembly and personally
me from the President of the Republic was the rise of the role of
the National Assembly in all spheres of our country. During the past
year with our steps, with new initiatives we made the parliament
more understandable, closer and perceptible for the most different
layers of our society. Many people personally saw and felt that the
National Assembly is not a closed structure hidden in some mysterious
and numerous doors. We broke that feeling of mysteriousness. But this
is only the beginning.

In our future initiatives we expect your, dear young people, the
most active participation. You know that the doors of the National
Assembly are open before you. We are always ready to receive you,
listen to your every idea and initiative, assist in fulfilling them. As
a concrete recommendation I propose in half a year, on the occasion
of the Republic Day, May 28, we’ll spend one more meeting in the
National Assembly within our Open Doors continuous programme.

Soon we’ll have many new programmes. Our wish is to consolidate
wide masses of our youth around the National Assembly. We have put a
task before us in 2010 to form even Youth Parliament or any similar
structure. And when our citizens residing in different provinces of
Armenia, personally notice that the clever proposals raised by their
children from now on are elaborated, will become a law or a decision,
are called into life, they will be convinced that there won’t be
obstacles in our country for clever ideas, relieving the people’s
concern, well considered proposals.

It is possible to overcome hardships and obstacles. For that we
shall simply have distinct goals and consistently work for calling
them into life. Good and clever ideas win in our country. This is
our conviction that we shall make reality all together. For that we
have all opportunities, for that the best example and stimulus are
the work style and support of the President of the Republic.

Dear young people!

I don’t doubt that the year 2010 will be a year of successes of our
country and our people. In the name of the President of the Republic of
Armenia Mr. Serzh Sargsyan and personally me I heartily congratulate
you on the occasion of the New Year and Christmas. I am sure that we
together shall strengthen our successes already recorded in making
reality Armenia of our dreams. I wish you love and happiness, new
successes for the welfare of our Armenia.

Forward Armenia."

The Chairman of the Youth organization of the Republican Party of
Armenia, deputy Mr. Karen Avagyan wished them Happy New Year.

Afterwards the old and new Armenian pop stars gave wonderful and
unforgettable moments to those present with their unique songs and
dancing.