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So Sad, Too Far Gone
A few months back, Zareh Sinanyan, the Republic of Armenia’s (RoA) High Commissioner of Diaspora Affairs paid an official visit to the US with various public and semi-public meetings held.
I managed to get to one in North Hollywood, somewhat late. A loud protest had led to his withdrawing from the hall until the protesters left. When I arrived, he was already answering questions and probably quite irritated by the protest. But that doesn’t excuse his making the comments I heard.
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Dear Garen,
I have followed and read your columns for years. I agree with you on the case of Zareh Synanyan. I was surprised when Pashinyan chose him as a commissioner of diaspora. There was always trouble linked to his name while in Glendale council with ambitions to go further in local politics. He is a product not only Burbank high and couple of universities, he is also a product of ANCA. Now, I don’t belong to the organization, but always believed they are the ones working really hard in diaspora for Armenian causes with good leadership in DC and showed my appreciation by helping with my contributions to the organization. I don’t take it serious what Synanyan says about ARF or ANCA. My concern is what Armenian ANCA is doing. They never succeeded in Armenia with any benefit, on the contrary they are very damaging to Armenian politics. What I don’t understand (since I don’t know the insights of the organization) why the ANCA in the West, in diaspora don’t criticize or do changes with the members in Armenia. I always believed that the members of Armenia’s ANCA were placed by Kocharian/Sargisyan team and always tried to scramble the government. Please explain to me the difference of ANCA in diaspora vs Armenia. Who governs ANCA worldwide, or is there such a thing? BTW I don’t live in Los Angeles county.
Thank You
Lydia T.