On the occasion of the 21st anniversary of Armenia’s independence, the ANC organized a festive meeting near Saryan Statue today. Aram Manukyan, a member of the Pan-Armenian National Movement (PANM) executive committee, was the first to congratulate the gathered people, “All Armenians, old and young, who associated their future with Armenia, dreamt of this occasion… Armenia forged its future, independent Armenia, joyfully and nationally. The majority of Armenia’s residents are not here anymore, the majority of them are disappointed and disillusioned, we lived, won, created Karabakh, we created a democratic country of our own with that enthusiasm… and we didn’t know that a disease, a virus was lurking, which would spread and ruin this country. The force, which struggled against all external evils, suddenly had troubles inside. Our functionaries, hungry people and parvenus have ruined this country and filled the parliament with emptiness.”
According to him, the ANC has been struggling against the internal foe for 5 years, “Independence is a process, we are at a stage, when one should eliminate one’s internal worm, nonentity, in order that the country is independent and the resident of Armenia wants to live in Armenia. We are at a different stage of this very hard process of independence.”
Nikol Pashinyan, an ANC MP, noted that 21 years after gaining independence, we face the fact of wasted national wealth, self-assertiveness and dashed hopes, “God defend us from our friends, from our enemies we can defend ourselves. The Kocharyan-Serzh regime with its big and small stooges sells our government every day, every hour. Those who are in government offices are like beggars with ties who wander in Europe, America and Russia selling our pride like peddlers.”
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