The people don’t believe the ARF leaders
MPs from the "Heritage" and ARF parties Zaruhi Postanjyan and Ruzanna Arakelyan accused each other during today's debate on Turkish-Armenian relations.
"Nobody can deny the fact that the ARF supported Serzh Sargsyan after Robert Kocharyan, meaning that the current protocols on Turkish-Armenian relations didn't come out of nowhere. The ARF has been in government and has supported Serzh Sargsyan starting March 1," said Mrs. Postanjyan.
She finds that the ARF is not instilling hope in the people by demanding Nalbandyan's resignation instead of Serzh Sargsyan's resignation.
"Many citizens would come to participate in your petition, if they believed your leaders. The people don't believe the ARF leaders. Your MPs very often criticize and cast votes that are against their criticism in the National Assembly. You have a distorted image."
Zaruhi Postanjyan also stated that the ARF did not give an adequate response when the authorities were beating citizens on the night of April 12, 2004.
"The impunity of April 12 led to the events of March 1 and the impunity of March 1 will lead to new crimes."
Contradicting Mrs. Postanjyan, Ruzanna Arakelyan announced that unlike "Heritage", the ARF has been in the political field for a long time and plays a huge role in Armenia's functioning as an independent state.
"Yes, the ARF has been part of government because being in government, we have prevented such actions that could have been dangerous for our people, such as issues concerning the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and Turkish-Armenian relations. We are not going to take steps that will lead to turbulence. The political party that tries to solve issues by going to the extreme has no other way of fighting. The ARF always has new ideas and ways to serve the country."
Mrs. Arakelyan doesn't agree that the ARF is organizing hearings on the Turkish-Armenian relations by the proposal of "Heritage".
"Armen Rustamyan is the president of the standing committee on international relations and the hearings will take place by his demand."
Interrupting Mrs. Avetisyan, Zaruhi Postanjyan declared that it doesn't matter who demands hearings and added: "Armen Rustamyan has joined the written proposal by "Heritage" by word of mouth."
