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Houry Mayissian

Houry Mayissian

Houry Mayissian is a communications professional with journalism and public relations experiences in Dubai, Beirut, and Sydney. She has studied European politics and society at the University of Oxford, specializing on the democratic reform process in Armenia as part of its European integration. She is currently based in Yerevan.

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  1. The ARF should not talk of embracing social justice. It has lost all legitimacy by even considering an alliance with an undemocratic regime that oppresses and kills its own citizens.

    Shameful. I have been a supporter of the ARF my whole life. I stopped being one last week.

  2. The main focus for ARF must be a grass roots
    effort to gain the trust of the Armenian citizens
    by exercising & implementing social programs for those in need especially in the rural villages of Armenia. Also engaging the youth who are the future of the country.
    It is still a democratic country, albeit mired in corruption. Gaining the citizens support will lead to votes and eventually power to govern.
    This is the only way to push the advancement of our agenda .
    Also, as difficult as it may be, ARF must stay clear of engaging in corrupt activities themselves,
    lately there has been rumours which only go to undermine a century long struggle.

    It is still a democracy.

  3. Last week the ARF made a deal to become complicit with the criminals heading Armenia’s government who’ve hijacked every election and vote in modern times – including last month’s vote to NOT change the constitution. The criminals at the top faked the results and it triggered protests. (I was an official journalist-observer there. I filmed it and will present it soon.) ALL true opposition parties joined the citizens in protest against the criminals – ALL EXCEPT THE ARF. By fully backing a rigged vote on the constitution, they happily toss the true strong voice and will of the people in the garbage. The ARF is not EMBRACING social justice, they are horrifically pushing it away while legitimizing the criminals who’ve hijacked the government, continue to abuse human rights, abuse rule-of-law, control the judiciary, allow criminal oligarchs in parliament to continue to never pay taxes, all while engaging in procurement fraud (stealing almost 1 BILLION dollars EACH YEAR from the good citizens). That’s corruption, not social justice.

  4. Embracing socialism alongside democracy – can someone point to an example where it works? The ARF should rewrite its charter. We are not in the 19th century anymore.

    • Darwin,
      Come to Canada and you will learn, how, justice, educational, healthcare, and banking system works. Canada, as you wish to call a socialist country, has the world’s best banking system, due to government constant regulation. pro-capitalist countries like USA and UK allowed corrupt bank executives trash their whole financial systems.

  5. Today the ARF must push for Equal justice with no briberies in courts.It must push for the constructions of factories to give work for the youth so they will not leave the country,And most important allow free economy with no monopolies.If the ARF cannot even do that much in Armenia then the ARF has become a useless political party.

  6. It seems to me that Armenia’s continual collaboration with Russia especially in the upgrade of an air base, is not a move towards freedom. Please help me understand

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