"ON THE ROAD TO TRUTH AND RIGHT"
Raffi K. Hovannisian (Founder) Vardan Khachatrian (Chairman)
Panorama.am
16:40 21/09/06
The fifteen-year anniversary of Armenia’s independence is a fitting
occasion to reassess the watershed significance of sovereign
statehood. This opens before our nation vast horizons to live and
create in freedom and without shackles, to make the Republic prosper,
and to build a bright future for the generations next in line.
Armenia’s independence has other implications and lessons as well. This
liberty was achieved after a long-lasting intermission in statehood
and the sacrifice of thousands of patriots, thus further underscoring
its historic mission and modern meaning.
Real sovereignty and democracy, respect for human rights, and other
universally accepted values-which we certainly shall attain through
our united and devoted work-will turn Armenia into a cradle of civil
freedoms and equal protection, rule of law and due process, and a
country liberated from the parochial arbitrariness of ruling cliques
and extralegal permissiveness for the privileged.
The duty of building a new and strong Armenia has fallen to our
generation. We must place its cornerstone with a firmness of will,
a trueness of conscience, and a nobility of commitment so that the
preeminence of right, the letter and spirit of legal and ethical
benchmarks, and the expectation and conduct of a dignified life may
long endure.
Let us once again become the masters of our rich history and
civilizational heritage, adding our contemporary share to them and
faithfully passing them on to those yet to come. This is the paramount
order of the day.
On the occasion of this glorious anniversary for Armenia and the
entire Armenian nation, we extend our hearty best wishes to all
members and supporters of the Heritage Party and, more importantly,
to the children of Armenia the world over, whose might and mind,
in our deep conviction, will continue to discover ever-new avenues
toward the Homeland of our dreams.