Today, the Communist Party celebrated May 1, the International Workers’ Day, marching from Saryan Park up to the Russian Embassy in Armenia. “Long live the Armenian-Russian friendship and Rossia,” these slogans the senior members of the Communist Party were urging the junior participants of the march to repeat.
“Our government that does not create jobs, May 1 is the non-workers’ day for many of us,” complains the first secretary of the regional committee of Shengavit Community Yuri Movsisyan. Later, he became honest, May 1 is always a celebration for him, and over the years, he has not lost enthusiasm of celebrating the event.
Manvel Gasparyan, considering himself the only Communist among the people of Sassoun, during the entire march was comparing today’s May 1 celebration with May 1 celebrations of the Communist times. According to him, he does not even see the festive mood and excitement of those times in people. “Individual people pulverized our country, today all workers are concerned, buried in thought, feel unhappy in sorrow and pain, they do not know how to make their living. What a worker are we talking about? Is there any worker left?”
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Communist Tachat Sargsyan remembered that how the workers years ago were collectively going out to parade, and reporting on their successes in the squares, while now. “Our today’s participants almost have nothing to say, because a large part of it is unemployed”.
In front of the Russian Embassy, the Communists announced “We are with Putin,” and read the content of their letter addressed to the Ambassador. “Armenia’s upcoming accession to the Customs Union is a decisive outcome for our nation… we, the participants of the march, are sure that the Eurasian Union will become the first, but invariable degree in the post-Soviet area with a new format, the process of formation of the Customs Union and his active participation in the process of formation of the Customs Union and Eurasian Union received the support by the vast majority of the population of our country.” They handed over the letter and went to the park in front of the Embassy to enjoy the hospitality. Here, the Communists continued to celebrate May 1 with ice cream and buns.
Some communists were annoyed that not the Ambassador, but the embassy guard took their letter.
Arpine SIMONYAN
