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IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO RETURN

Politics


Who must apologize on behalf of the Republic of Armenia for disrespecting all Diaspora Armenians by denying Jirair Sefilyan and when?” asked the administration today historian, Diaspora Armenian Gevorg Yazrchyan taking into account the fact that the President, the Catholicos of All Armenians, the Prime Minister, the Diaspora Minister and others have already apologized for the deprivations and issues that those who repatriated in 1946-1948 faced during the conference “The Great Repatriation of 1946-1948 and lessons learned” held December 12-14 in Tsakhkadzor.

Did you ask the state officials the question regarding Sefilyan’s citizenship during the conference? In response to this, Yazrchyan said:

“No, that issue was raised in front of everyone by Syrian Armenian Garbis Lepenjyan.”

Yazrchyan marked that during the conference, the RA administration accepted that the reasons behind the huge flow of emigration from Armenia are not socio-economic, but rather legal. “People are not coming back to the homeland due to scandalous injustices and they leave for the same reason.”

One of the members of the Armenian Volunteers’ Union Hayk Nahapetyan made some references to the speeches made by state officials during the conference. Serzh Sargsyan said: “Our government will do everything it can to contribute to the establishment and preservation of Armenian identity, as well as repatriation. The homeland of all Armenians is always waiting for its children. It is never too late to return.”

The prime minister’s speech was rather inspiring as well: “We are witnessing the formation of a new world order and we don’t have the right to make mistakes or wrong predictions so that we won’t have to apologize again for implementing a fruitless repatriation program.” After making references to the speeches, Nahapetyan appealed to the gathered:

“Do you think that our fellow Armenians in the Diaspora will take these words seriously, or the reality that non-Armenian citizen Lebanese Armenian Jirair Sefilyan is living in?”

Hayrapetyan considers the denial of Sefilyan’s appeals as the decision of diminutive and evil people at the top of the ruling pyramid.

Sefilyan’s last appeal for RA citizenship was denied on November 18. “This attitude not only shows illegality and injustice out in the open, but also the waywardness of Armenians, especially for somebody dedicated to his nation. We will do everything we can to put an end to the waywardness of this administration.”

Members of the Armenian Volunteers’ Union explain the RA administration’s decision to not grant citizenship to Sefilyan by the enmity of the administration, which doesn’t forgive critics regardless of whether they are locals or Diaspora Armenians.