“SCHIZOPHRENIC GOVERNMENT”
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“We have a marasmoid and schizophrenic government,” coordinator of the Armenian National Congress Levon Zurabian said in reply to A1+. Zurabian says schizophrenia is a condition when a person splits, and two personalities emerge in one person. It is not normal when one part of the government does one thing, and the other part-another. It is possible to be in the same government and think differently but it is not normal to act differently. “It means the government has lost self-control and cannot work out a programme of joint actions.”
It is strange when the government declares enhanced mode of security, instructs the City Hall not to authorize any public event, meanwhile another coalition force violates the special security mode using government resources - buses, petrol, etc. When the reporters noted that the ARF Dashnaktsutyun states to have agreed with the government on its action, Levon Zurabian said: “Most likely we deal with agreed schizophrenia”.
Today Levon Zurabian presented the list of the political prisoners who have health problems but haven’t got medical aid so far. This is a rough breach of the Human Rights Convention, he says. The government does not allow providing medical aid to people who have health problems, and continues to keep them in pitiful conditions. The government tortures the political prisoners.
The list involves 13 political prisoners: Karen Tarkhanian, Jora Sapeyan, Samvel Karapetian, Miasnik Malkhassian, Hakob Hakobian, Suren Sirunian, Ashot Zakarian, Sasun Mikayelian, Christopher Elazitan, Gevorg Manukian Aghasi Mkrtichian, Mkrtich Sapeyan, and Arman Babajanian. The latter has been taken to hospital for treatment.
The Armenian National Congress also made a statement, noting that the presence of political prisoners and the fact that they do not get medical aid evidences to cynical attitude of the government towards the society, international community, in particular, towards the PACE resolutions.
The government has rejected all the opportunities for a dialogue aimed at overcoming the political crisis. The government also failed to eliminate the “main obstacle”- political prisoners, and to overcome the crisis through political negotiations.
