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    Trouble in Armenia

    As anyone that follows Armenian news would know, right now Armenia is in a bad spot. The opposition and the authorities are quite divided and there doesnt seem much room for a compromise, with the opposition asking for a referendum of confidence and Kocharian and his allies dismissing the idea completely. I just read an article that really troubled me very much: http://www.armenialiberty.org/armeni...DCCBE1F764.ASP

    because it shows how the authorities are cracking down and are not even making a pretense of being democratic or open. this makes me angry and now i am in support of the opposition.

    Armenia's GDP actually shrunk in January as compared to last January, and the rise in GDP in February as compared to last February was one of the lowest in the CIS. This demonstrates to me how the GDP growth was so dependant on Kirk Kirkorian's Lincy aid. I am sick and tired of Kocharian and his undemocratic way of running the country. He has failed on almost every one of his promises. From settleing the Kharabakh conflict to creating jobs. And everywhere I look I read about how bad the situation is.

    #1 Russia basically controls our country
    #2 Half the country is living in poverty
    #3 The entire country except for Yerevan is not growing at all
    #4 The environmental situation in the country is absolutely horrendous.
    #5 Corruption is rampant and it seems anyone connected with the government can get away with anything
    #6 Democracy is extremely stifled. From the latest attacks on the opposition and the press and unqualified arrests of opposition deputies to us just recently passin the 2nd anniversary of the closure of A1+.

    Now I'm not saying that Demirchian is going to come and solve all our problems but I think that he is young and is not instilled with the corruption and deceit of the communist system and will not try to stifle democracy and use force against his opposition. We also need someone who looks to the US and EU and not to old decaying Russia for help.
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    Maybe it's time the people ousted that motherfocker.
    Achkerov kute.

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    • #3
      well i think so.
      what about you

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      • #4
        I think so too but whats the alternative? Anyone who sits on the throne is not going to give a damn. These people should have their penises cut off. I hate politicians with a fury. They are all evil and all expendable.
        Achkerov kute.

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        • #5
          It is a shame that it is more of a mafia than a government. What percentage of financial aid filtered through the government gets lost? Unbelievable. What may be good, if it has not happened yet (I do not know), is if some spyurkahyes step into to the government. It probably is not possible, unfortunately. It is just that I would like to see Armenia on the map, so to speak, but it's own worst enemies are the Armenians. How embarrassing is that?

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          • #6
            I'm in a state of pure anger and disbelief right now.

            The year had seemingly started well with a (kind of) crackdown on corruption, Armenia joining GRECO, and talks of improvement.

            There HAVE been SOME improvements...
            Such as Parliament actually dropping a bill because of public opinion, or the son of a minister being accused with murder (it would have probably been ignored a few years earlier......but I still don't see how the son of a non-corrupt minister is committing murder, and owns a brand new SUV at the age of 21).

            Lately, all we are seeing is BS after BS after BS. One official being replaced by the other, who in turn is being replaced by the first one. It's like this infinite cycle of the same corrupt people who are being recycled.

            Serzh Sarkisian is acting like nothing short of a military dictator. Kocharian is doing nothing to condemn anything, and seems quite comfortable with the whole fiasco.....and the opposition just seems to be using rhetoric.

            I want Kocharian and Sarkisian, with their huge, bald, leather jacket wearing thugs, OUT. I want the tobacco company owning MPs, who block legislation making the sale of tobacco illegal to minors, OUT. I'm just not sure if I want anyone from the opposition IN. Maybe Stepan Demirchyan is the best option. He is the only one in which I have a little (veeeery little) hope. But he has surrounded himself with idiots like Aram Sargsyan, Albert Bazeyan....all people who have scores to settle with Kocharian, and who do not seem in the least bit concerned with Armenia's well-being. Armenia needs and deserves a viable option. My opinion is that diasporans should be a lot more involved. And this is definitely not some anti-Hayastantsi remark. Hayastantsis from the new generation also need to be more involved. I just don't see how Soviet apparatchiks (that was the word, right?) running the show with their old mentality will be able to change (or want to change) anything.

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            • #7
              Hey, Baron, watch it with the "bald" comments.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by dusken
                Hey, Baron, watch it with the "bald" comments.
                Ooh! Did I say bald? I meant bold....yes...bold.

                Cause what they were doing is really courageous...and stuff.....

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                • #9
                  Armenians need more suicide bombers to go and blow up the president.
                  Achkerov kute.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Anonymouse
                    Armenians need more suicide bombers to go and blow up the president.
                    Not at all. That will just stregthen the authorities' hold on the situation. They will use "emergency measures" as an excuse.

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