“The people of Artsakh are a bone standing in the throat of our authorities because the authorities think only about maintaining their power,” the political analyst observes.
Political analyst Anush Sedrakyan announced a one-day dry hunger strike near the UN office, refusing food and water. As Anush Sedrakyan informed “Aravot,” the series of hunger strikes of the “Women for Artsakh” initiative is ending.
According to her, the dry hunger strike is a critical measure she applies. And the initiative will announce the next steps shortly. “We want our cooperation with the UN to continue but take a slightly different nature because the hunger strike has exhausted itself. It has exhausted itself not in the sense that we don’t have volunteers, no, we have volunteers, but the first stage has been overcome because our authorities have finally turned to the UN. I am sure that I will endure this dry hunger strike, no matter how many bloggers of unknown origin write that I came from Paris to hunger strike. That narrative also has one goal: to silence us. And it seems to me that the first court case after the change of power should be the case of fakers because I think that the biggest role in the current situation of Armenia was played by those who formed a factory of fakes and kept people in the informational and moral swamp for a long time.
And now, when the people are waking up, they are trying to throw that swamp again, but I think it won’t work,” she said. Anush Sedrakyan mentioned that all these movements, including their activity, broke the carefully prepared plan of the authorities. “What is that plan? It is to show that the public of Armenia is not only at peace with the assimilation of Artsakh, ethnic cleansing, the hunger of citizens, the insecurity of Armenia’s borders, the daily killing of soldiers, and the illegal actions of the ruling elite inside but also many, many welcomes these actions. That is the reason for the feverish entertainment organization; who needs such festivals and Snoop Dogg during the war? And when you take a long view, you realize that all this is not done to distract us from our daily discourse; however, it is there, it is a message to the outside that, look, Armenia is completely in line with this status, very normal accept the integration of Artsakh with Azerbaijan, and, in general, the future integration with Turkey, Russia, and Azerbaijan.
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Our authorities constantly develop the narrative that the disagreement between Armenians and Azerbaijanis or Armenians and Turks is merely a narrative imposed by some evil forces. Still, the peoples are ready to live in friendship with each other. And the people of Artsakh are a bone standing in the throat of our authorities because at the moment, our authorities are only thinking about preserving their power. There is no other card here. At least some steps should be taken for the independence and well-being of Armenia. That step is the development of the defense mechanism, the development of the economic mechanism, and the encouragement of the birth rate.
Look at the emigration from Armenia,” she added. Anush Sedrakyan addressed what should be done in the current situation. According to her, the eyes of the people of Artsakh are opening; they see that Russian defense is not a defense.
“Russia is really very weak both in terms of ammunition and political influence. And Armenia continues to be the most faithful partner of Russia. If we have a state, there is no need to invent a new bicycle; in such a situation, there is only one model to maintain the country: the Israeli model. That is to develop, produce weapons, and resort to all possible schemes and deceptions. Our government expresses a non-national and anti-state narrative, and we understand that the one who sacrifices 120 thousand people will sacrifice 1 million tomorrow very easily,” she said.
According to Sedrakyan, powerful states with atomic weapons, robust institutions, and a civilian model of national identification are ready for integration models.
Rosa HOVHANNISYAN
