“Armenia is eating itself up”
Former member of the "Karabakh" Committee Ashot Manucharyan says there is a plan for self-annihilation in Armenia. During today's press conference, Manucharyan gave a figurative description according to which Armenia today is like an animal that has started biting its own tail.
"Somebody managed to bring that tail to its mouth. The animal has smelt the blood and is eating itself up. The brain is totally turned off since the mouth's senses say it has to keep eating. In the meantime, the other parts of the animal's body want to become the mouth and not stop the process. This is the figurative description that we have created ourselves," said Manucharyan.
Ashot Manucharyan compared the current issues facing Armenia with the traffic jams caused by heavy snowfall in the mountain pass where the patrol officer is trying to fix the situation, but the ones guilty for the traffic jam are trying to take advantage of that. He viewed the discrepancies between the HHK (Republican Party of Armenia) and the BHK (Prosperous Armenia) parties at this level.
"The clashes between the two are not something new for the people. They're just trying to get something from each other. While Armenians are more under the control of foreign powers, the political forces are more involved in redeveloping the economy," said Manucharyan.
He also touched upon former RA President Robert Kocharyan's latest observations. According to Manucharyan, this shows that Kocharyan is still in politics.
"But I don't see a change in his steps and philosophy connected to the situation. Those steps are not interesting since there is no proposal to move from one situation to the next," said Manucharyan.
The speaker says the opposition will likely unite as one before the 2012 parliamentary elections and there may be new political forces. "The parliamentary elections will be the ratification of these processes," said Manucharyan.
Manucharyan says he is ready and is trying to collaborate with all forces the activities of which, according to him, will be aimed at having Armenia make a smooth transition from the current situation to a new one, meaning agreements and the engagement of as many forces as possible.
Speaking about the NKR conflict and particularly the latest prediction of the International Crisis Group on a potential war due to border clashes, Manucharyan mentioned that the ICG has expressed the viewpoint based on its own interests.
"This group is serving well-known interests and has turned into an instrument in the hands of foreign powers robbing the riches of peoples living in the region. The restart of a war is impossible. It will happen only if the powers funding that group want it," said the former member of the "Karabakh" Committee.
