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Moving Forward In Armenia
Why the international community should support our coalition government.
By Serzh Sargsyan and Arthur Baghdasaryan
Lus1 wrote:
It’s amazing to see how Serzh Sargsyan and Arthur Baghdasaryan now are using international media as dissemination mean for their lies and falsehood. After completely owning the local media now they are targeting the international and US media??
What is the purpose of publishing this essay by Washingtonpost? To foster the violations of Armenian government? To empower the false government? To nurture fake democracy in Armenia? Journalism should be about freedom of speech and objectively interpreting the reality. Washingtonpost should stand by all those journalists in Armenia who were beaten and abused by government officials while doing their job rather than publishing fairy-tail story of Serzh Sargsyan and Arthur Baghdasaryan.
haymart wrote:
I deeply regret that The Washington Post has published this fully false article of these two murderers. Serzh Sargsyan has made my country a catastrophic place where there is no place for democracy and human rights. Actually Serzh is the terrorist No 1 of Armenia and his terror is against the people of his own country. There are very many proofs and facts of the horrible actions taken on March 1 in Yerevan and Serz is the person who ordered to shoot and kill the people of his own nation. To show just one of the numereous videos I refer to http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ce7-AjX89nI . Nothing more to say. No words can express what has done Serz Sarkisyan with Armenia.
tigran wrote:
This article represents how hypocritical the current Armenian government is. The ones who know the reality in Armenia also know that nothing stated in the article is based on facts and I regret that Washington Post has published this lie. The intent of Serzh Sargsyan and his all time supporter and fake opposition Arthur Bagdasaryan is to use the authority of highly respected newspaper to make their false claims more trustworthy. While they declare their “commitment” for democracy free media is banned in Armenia, all Internet web-sites that represent alternative opinion are blocked, more than 100 opposition leaders and ordinary citizens are in jails merely for participating in peaceful demonstrations, people are banned to assemble and to express views that are different from the government’s position.
It is outrageous when Mr. Sargsyan and Mr. Baghdasaryan refer to international recognition of election results because they continue to misrepresent what the international experts and heads of organizations said. Both European and American officials condemned the excessive and violent use of force by army and police and called for immediate lifting of the State of Emergency imposed by the incumbent who supports Serzh Sargsyan. The only purpose of the SE is to suppress the people’s will and democratic rights. But when their actions were criticized by European and American officials with clearly articulated warning by Condoleezza Rice and Mr. Danilovich from the “Millennium Challenges” Corporation to use sanctions against Armenia and to suspend or withdraw $230 million support program for Armenia those two “leaders” decided to fix their image. But instead of making changes in their internal policy they decided continue their practice of making speeches and doing nothing that improves the situation. Till today arrests occur in whole territory of Armenia, free media is banned, demonstrations are not allowed and the streets of the capital city are patrolled by the army.
I hope that the readers will not be fooled by this article and the international community will help Armenian people to restore the democracy in our country.
Ramik wrote:
It was just a matter of time before the ruling regime in Armenia atempted, through propagandalike this in the international media, to put a favorable spin on political events in Armenia. The fact remains that tens of thousands of citizens rallied around Levon Ter-Petrosyan symbolically to vent their frustration and disillusionment with politics "as usual" in Armenia. It appears that the ruling Republican Party regime, which has governed this country as its private fiefdom has caught off guard by this groundswell of public protest. For Sargsyan and his lackey Baghdasaryan to claim that ordinary citizens were manipulated and mislead just proves that their pleas for calm and dialogue are hollow niceties. It is they who are responsible for these deaths and injuries since they never seriously viewed the people as partners in their government. They do not enjoy a solid mandate neither. A vast segment of the people distrust the government more than ever. It is the regime that created the divide between the rulers and the ruled; a divide that deepened by their mishandling of the post-election developments. They call for cooperation and dialogue but continue to restrict the media's coverage of these events and persecute those who merely showed up at the rallies. Sadly, their promises to "run a transparent govt and fight corruption" are difficult to accept given that Sargsyan "won" the election through the power, intimidation and fraud organized and implemented by his own party. Today it is Ter-Petrosyan, despite his many shortcomings, that has rallied the opposition. All restrictions on political dissent must be lifted in Armenia!!! The international community has everyting to gain to insure that democracy and transparency become more than just empty promises made by a regime that needs outside financial assistance and support.
mbrown2 wrote:
Serzh Sargsyan did not “win” the election. He stole the election through a relentless campaign of violence, intimidation, misuse of administrative resources, and outright fraud. He had to cancel his planned victory rally in Freedom Square because no one came. In contrast, people came out to opposition rallies in the tens of thousands, of their own free will, to stand up for the votes they had cast. The government’s brutal crackdown in response has been well documented. It is disingenuous, to say the least, to call for dialogue when armed soldiers roam the streets, free media is completely shut down, and the vast majority of the opposition leaders are in jail.
