Appeal and Plead to Forces whose presence extends the Republic of Armenia towards the Armenian Diaspora

Appeal and Plead to Forces whose presence extends the Republic of Armenia towards the Armenian Diaspora

It is time for the Armenian political parties either to take their role and warn the diaspora, or at least quit defending the current government, justifying that they are simply always stand firm with statehood, under the inexperienced Civil contract government, the state foundations are endangered and grave danger faces the republic, it is time to reconsider

On the part of Armenian Political powers who enjoy presence both in the republic and inside the Armenian Diaspora

On Several occasions, ranging from a face to face conversation I personally have heard to me directly, or public occasions addressed to the public, I have lately heard a theory, the ones telling me made gestures that suggested that they are about to teach me a new set of understandings, educate me so as to say

With brotherhood lost they had also lost glamour to my comprehension and absorbing machine who deiced whether to sense impressed or otherwise, but that is beyond the scope of this article

The general idea they tried to express and convince, was that they are basing their alignment, political position, and strategy on a crucial decisive fundamental principle, which is basically that they base their position, not as opposition, but as support to the ruler of the state, the party or coalition who is head of the government and state that phase, in the case of Armenia, the Government and the Prime ministry, regardless of who is the force ruling, and thus, by supporting the political party of coalition parties who lead the state,  they are in fact playing a supportive and constructive role because they are strengthening the statehood

I do not mean or intend to question their best intentions, cast doubt on their formulated principle, but to question their judgment, choice and strategy are my GOD given political right, my democratic right, in fact it is my right as a citizen of the republic, and someone who carried the nationality of the republic, a person who belongs to the Armenian Nation, both as an officially citizen, national identity and national sentiments, in addition to being a resident of the Republic who has lived in Armenian for the last 5 years, I am entitled, have the right, as well as the duty and obligation to discuss, question and counter argue such policies.

And the fact that by being subjected to a reaction of - why do you suppose to question our policies, we are the party leadership, we decide what we see fit, is in fact a breach in or national fabric, where party supporters receive negative reactions from official leaderships, and later on they are outcast, without having the opportunity to be morally tried, is in fact a deep crisis inside the ideological and national family, and the fabric of the nation between partisan leaders and children of the nation

Therefore

My argument is, that such an argument is wrong, it is incomplete, and not realistic

The statehood, the state, and the ruling party are two different things, and following such patters is dangerous, even if not at this stage, this will eventually lead to political parties who change their support to the next ruling party, only to enjoy the political umbrella of the party who heads government, sooner or later, opportunism will emerge, and a lot of political opportunist will use such an argument, as if a Golden principle, to change loyalties, and they will abandon their duty to criticize, oppose and pressure the rulers when they start diversion of their political pat, they will do it and justify that well, they are simply constant, firm and stable in their position,  and repeat, we are always with the Statehood

I am not saying that this is necessarily the case right now, I am not the judge or jury to pass this verdict, history will do so, I am saying that one way or another, this will lead to such a scenario of opportunism in the future, if we decide to endorse your logic

To become opposition, publicly, to criticize, argue, pressure, start political battles, demonstrate in the streets, or this is part of a democratic patriotic process, none of these breaches democracy or undermines statehood, now of course, if democracy is misused and breached, the law and order are broken, then the statehood is violated, but until then, to say that we make our remarks, feedback and criticism in discretion, not saying it out loud, is not an accurate argument

That is on the theoretical aspect and level, on the level of general principles

Now as for my appeal

Those forces who are present inside the diaspora today, and defend the current government, using the idea of Preserving and protecting, supporting and strengthening the statehood, in my modest and humble opinion are committing a crucial mistake

I have heard one leader, on June 2022 say, that the opposition is exaggerating, and that the situation is not as bad as they describe, well, and we all know what followed

Tat leader spoke to some 25 people, the damage was minimum, he was trying to persuade people that things are a little bit hard, but we should rest assure and be comfortable, the prime minister and the government will handle the situation, month after month, catastrophe followed another in Armenia

Imagine the amount of damage that political force will cause inside the diaspora, where it has more solid presence, by repeating the same pattern, he is unwillingly and without knowing deluding the people inside the diaspora, they are being subjected to misconception, mislead, misguide, by assuming things are ok, they are hard, but nothing to worry about

Also, we should also note that under the current government, the basis and foundations of the republic and state are falling apart, and that the current government demonstrated lack of expertise, experience, and skills, and under its policies the republic faces such a grave danger, that we now face existential threats

If you cannot contribute to raising the alarm, warn it is best not to be engaged in the politics of the republic, because by both engaging in the politics of Armenia yet staying silent and reluctant to warn and raise the bells of Alarm, not only you are not helping, but even damaging

Peter Manoukian

An Armenian

Armenian Version:

https://www.socialist-armenia.org/politicaldetail/164/