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THERE WILL BE NO FORTH REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA

Politics

It happened so that the first three republics of Armenia were created «by chance». The first one was created as Georgia and Azerbaijan has already left the Transcaucasian Seyma, the second one was created because of the arrival of the communists, and the third one was created after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

At least this is what can be concluded from the speech of the guests of club «Pastark». Kiro Manoyan from the Armenian Revolutionary Federation, communist Kiro Manoyan and member of the Armenian Pan-National Movement Hovhannes Igityan discussed today the effect of the creation of the First Republic of Armenia on May 28, 1918 on the Armenian nation. «It wasn't really by chance», Kiro Manoyan said. According to him, although the ARF did not plan the creation of the republic, it was done as a result of the 10-year liberation war.

«Do you accept that if it weren't for the Russian Bolsheviks, the Armenian communists would never come to power? » we asked Yuri Manoukyan. “In 1920 maybe not, but a few years later they would by all means,” Comrade communist said. And Hovhannes Igityan does not accept that the third Republic of Armenia was created as a result of the collapse of the USSR as it was created on the judicial ground of the Soviet Union.

“The Soviet Union did not collapse, it was destroyed,” Yuri Manoukyan claimed. He complained that in 1920 the communists inherited a poor country full of refugees and made it a “ready country” with their hard work, and now “there is something wrong about it”.

By the way, although the ARF is member of the coalition, Kiro Manoyan does not consider it fair to blame them for all the mistakes of the authorities, “Being part of the authorities does not mean to be responsible for something for which the President id authorized for,” Kiro Manoyan said. He refereed to the incidents on April 12 and 13, 2004 when peaceful demonstrators were beaten on the Baghramyan avenue. He noted it in answer to the question of one of the journalists why they allowed the April incidents if they claim they left the power peacefully in 1920 in order to avoid bloodshed.

By the way, Kiro Manoyan claimed that if they weren't in the opposition the incidents would continue still further.