This Sunday, Armenians will vote in snap parliamentary elections, organized to resolve the political crisis that has consumed the nation in the aftermath of the 2020 Artsakh War. A historic 22 political parties and four political alliances including all of the country’s current and former leaders, detailed in this election guide, are vying for 105 seats in the National Assembly.
The ongoing campaign season, launched on June 7, has been overwhelmingly dominated by the dissemination of hatefu
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Those who are able to vote in Armenia’s upcoming historic elections, or know people who are, please understand that former president Robert Kocharyan is Armenia’s last hope. Please vote or encourage people to vote for Kocharyan as the nation’s future is at stake. Vote for Kocharyan!
In other words: You want a new war?
If you are in USA or Europa, how many of your friends are willing to come over take a gun and fight both, Nato-state Turkey and AZ?
This is a very distressing review of the current situation. We used to hear such rhetorics in the bad old days coming from our various political parties about the “other side”, but to hear that in our homeland from our so called “national leaders” is shameful. We are in a very critical point in our history where “common sense” and “common good” should be the order of the day, not political infighting and further deterioration of our pitiful situation. We need to elect people to power who are nationalist and care for our homeland more than they care for their self interests. Our political parties, both in our homeland and the diaspora, need to encourage this point of view even at this last minute prior to the elections so that we get a government of national unity with a good dialogue with Mr Putin. The young generation will not forgive us if we don’t. We need unity and common purpose to save our land and borders and unite behind a leader who can deliver that.
“Mr Putin”??
You mean mafia boss Putin who sat back and watched 5000 Armenians get murdered after arming Azerbaijan for 30 years? And then like his grandpappy “came in to save the day”, of course to the DESTRUCTION of Armenia and BENEFIT of Azerbaijan?
“The young generation will not forgive us”??
You mean quite the OPPOSITE of that. Will the older generation forgive the young losers of Armenia?
And which young generation, the ones that are sitting in yerevan cafes sipping on coffee and typing Pashinyan propaganda on facebook, or the ones who all voted for him and now continue to support him after he revealed what a loser he is because they are too embarrassed to admit they were wrong?
EVERY “leader” of Armenia and every “visionary” has been incompetent and a loser, regardless of young or old. The generational SOVIET VIRUS has never been cured in Armenia.
Thank you for this very balanced, thorough, and detailed account of the violent rhetoric in Armenia’s election campaign. As Arman Tatoyan makes clear, the hate speech propagated by Nigol Pashinyan is the most dangerous, because he is in fact the acting head of government.
However, there is at least one episode of quasi-violent rhetoric that I believe could have been included in this otherwise very comprehensive article… The statement by Saghatelyan described here: https://hetq.am/en/article/131871
Of course, the title of this Hetq article, like most titles, is somewhat sensational. Here’s the actual quote from the article for full context: “Saghatelyan wrote that while Pashinyan “deserves being shot” for his crimes, there will be no physical retribution against him given that “we don’t live in a jungle”.”
And here’s a more complete quote from the Armenian version of the Hetq article: https://hetq.am/hy/article/131871
«Այս օրերին Հայաստանի իշխանության ղեկին հայտնված Քաջ Նազարը (նկատի ունի Նիկոլ Փաշինյանին, խմբ․) պտտվում է գյուղերով ու քաղաքներով և անընդհատ մի միտք է արտահայտում՝ եթե ժողովուրդը ցանկանա իրեն գնդակահարել, ինքը պատրաստ է դրան։ Իհարկե, ինքը արժանի է դրան, սակայն նա չի հասկանում, որ մենք ջունգլիներում չենք ապրում, և մեր երկրում անարխիա (ամենաթողություն, խմբ․) չի լինելու։
“Vote Kocharyan” means, go back and get into bed with the devil if you want to continue on life-support in Mother Russia’s convalescent home of subjugated Soviet Satellite States.
Oh, and “Vote Pashinyan” means the same thing.
Humanity is devolving it seems. No one can think rationally anymore. Armenia will not survive ONE DAY without Russia. Armenia is wed to Russia for better or for worst.
That’s correct Gurgen, I have to agree with you. Armenia is wed to Russia, and that is definitely, without a doubt, for the worst. And not only is it a forced, loveless marriage, it’s also an abusive one. Armenia cannot survive without Russia because Russia designed Turkey and Azerbaijan that way.
Are you saying that Turkey will invade Armenia once Russia leaves? Under what justification? Just get your military in order. Russia is not your friend buddy, Russia is Turks friend. Millions of Russians pour into Turkey yearly. We even have a Kremlin Hotel. True we had 12 wars but that was Ottoman days. We both need each other now. Get rid of Russia for your own sack. Turkey is building a massive military base in Azerbaycan right now. Where is your mother Russia?
Nikol represents Turkish interests. The Turks and Azeri tatars would love to see nikol stay in power. Kocharian really is the only hope for Armenian national security and survival
Zartir,
Wonderful. Now that you understand please stop your Russophobic silliness and deal with reality. Russia has been a very good ally. That does not mean there aren’t things that can be improved. To improve the ties we need closer more active relations with them. If you call yourselves Armenian and really worry about Armenia’s future work to improve relations between Armenia and Russia. Anyone that envisions an Armenia without Russia is serving Turkish interests.
I am not a Russophobe nor a Russophile, because I don’t believe in theoretical nonsense and hope based on a fantasy. I believe in what is true on the ground. That truth entails the insincere relationship Armenia has been forced into with Russia, coupled with the inept and incompetent leadership of Armenia. This was a disaster in the making for several decades, and it all played out last year with a devastating loss of Armenia’s territory as well as placing its sovereignty into question, and that may be just the first step.
Russia took two territories after invading Georgia and magically transformed them into “functional nations”, where not even a year passed. Artsakh was for 30 years a real and functioning nation with much higher viability, and Russia actually HELPED the Turks destroy it. If this isn’t the greatest insult to our nation, I don’t know what is.
Russia has been slapping Armenia for 100 years, and here you are advocating to kiss the hand that slaps you. Armenia may not have a choice, we in the diaspora do. From where I’m standing, my instinct is not to kiss that hand that slaps me, but to break it. If Russia’s attitude with Armenia was even sincere, no way someone like Pashinyan would have even had the slightest chance.