THE "NATION’S ILLNESS" REVEALED

A1Plus.am
February 02, 2010

Things were rather heated during the hour of statements at the
National Assembly today with sharp criticisms of the authorities,
the opposition and the presses.

The one to start opening "fire" was Zaruhi Postanjyan who talked about
the victims of the murders of March 1, violation of human rights and
the constant infringements upon the dignity of RA citizens.

The next speech was against Zaruhi Postanjyan. Head of the ARF
faction Vahan Hovhannisyan was simply amazed at the fact that the
opposition’s legitimacy, and not that of the authorities, can be
called into question and turned into a topic for discussion at the
Council of Europe which had to decide who the opposition is by a
vote. "You wanted it to be determined by a vote, and it did," said
Hovhannisyan, noting that those steps not only dishonored Armenia,
but showed the illness that we suffer from.

Deputy of "Heritage" faction Armen Martirosyan presented who were
humiliating the country and asked whether it were those who killed,
those who demanded revelation of the murders, those who falsified
elections, or those who fought against electoral violations and those
who were sentenced for their political views.

In response to the activities of Zaruhi Postanjyan at the PACE,
Edward Sharmazanov announced that the policy of bringing the big guy
on Armenia has turned into a working style.

Representative of the Social-Democrat (Hunchakian) Party Vardan
Khachatryan touched upon the presses and demanded a denial from the
presses that are behind the walls of the university and see who is
inside and how the security guards accompany him out of the university.

Representative of BHK (Prosperous Armenia) Naira Zohrabyan expressed
concern over the information war which Armenia always loses and
recalled that Aliyev’s fund is spending millions of dollars on
anti-propaganda, while the Armenian side is not giving an adequate
response.

Ruben Gevorgyan made a unique statement. He was concerned about
Turkish-Armenian relations and the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict. In regard to the latest scandal in Turkey, he said:
"The Turks thought the world would listen to what they had to say,
but they were wrong."

As for all attempts to tie the Turkish-Armenian relations with the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, he said: "They don’t understand that Artsakh
is the spirit of Armenians. Our spirit is fighting for Artsakh."