ArmInfo.The Armenian people is now facing the disappearance of the Third Armenian Republic, Chairman of the Heritage party Raffi Hovhannisyan told a press conference on May 26.
On May 26, 105 years ago, the Battle of Sardarapat shaped the Armenian people's destiny and enabled the Armenian people to have its own state. Political figures and clergymen, the whole people, stood up in defense of their homeland. However, with the incumbent authorities pursuing their policy, all the grounds are available to state that the Third Republic will be the last in the Armenian people's history, Mr Hovhannisyan said.
Five years ago the country experienced a commendable revival thereby responding to the former authorities' failures.
"Regrettably, however, the popular struggle has been privatized by an individual and a group of individuals, who aimed at implementing specific programmes," Mr Hovhannisyan said. And now that five years have passed the people are "in an unprecedented stupor" on the way toward losing statehood. In fact, it is a process of committing the first genocide and surrender of the Armenian people's sovereign territories.
"He [Armenia's premier] is openly stating that, pointing out a need for ceding the country's sovereign territories. He intentionally caused the country to suffer numerous casualties among servicemen and civilians and committed numerous violations of the Constitution. In fact, that person has lost its legitimacy and turned into a national disaster. He will bring down a new war on the Armenian people. And what are we doing to protect ourselves? What are government bodies doing to prepare the country for a new war? We ourselves brought this domestic disaster to power, and we have to cope with it not to be deceived once again, especially since all they are doing is aimed at defending their own power," Mr Hovhannisyan said.
The incumbent authorities' actions must not be compared with the former authorities' failures. Despite their failures, none of the former Armenian leaders surrendered Artsakh or caused border violations.
"The incumbent authorities are ready to sell their Homeland only to remain in power. They was to turn Armenia into a disabled state, surrendering it part by part to our genocidal enemies thereby becoming accomplices in the very same genocide. To prevent such developments, the relevant government agencies must have their say, within the law, to prevent civilian confrontation. Otherwise, the people must restore their right to statehood and homeland," Mr Hovhannisyan said.
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