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Как мне кажется Muriel очень четко сформулировал:
Armenians are seeking such leadershipТ.е. то что у нас есть во власти на данный момент не в состоянии решить какую-либо из проблем.
А как известно мнение M
uriel-я это важное мнение.
Armenia’s Struggle for Independenceby Muriel Mirak-Weissbach
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?con...va&aid=9813 Global Research, August 12, 2008
A Vision for Armenia This is true, and is to the credit of the population that it has withstood adversity and endured against all odds.
But can survivalism be the foundation for a modern nation-state? The impressive monument and museum dedicated to the genocide, in Yerevan, bear witness not only to the unspeakable horrors of the genocide, but also to the incredible capacity of the Armenian people to somehow survive. But more is needed.
Leading political figures in the opposition stress the urgent need for a national program, a "vision" of what Armenia can and should become as a truly independent and sovereign, modern industrial state. Right now, if it is dependent on energy supplies from abroad, if its energy distribution system, its telecommunications, security and transport are in private, often foreign, hands, how can how can one say Armenia is truly independent?
Without jeopardizing important political and economic relations with its neighbors, the country needs to chart a course for its own development, which will lead to true independence. Armenia has enormous potential: although devoid of traditional raw materials like oil or gas, it is rich in minerals, and has extraordinarily productive soil. Its population and labor-force, which represent the primary wealth of any nation, are rich: the almost 3 million Armenians are very young, the median age being 31-34 years old. Fertility rates have been rising, at the rate of 1.35 children born per woman in 2008. With the exception of Turkey and Azerbaijan, it enjoys good relations with all nations.
But it lacks a vision, and a political elite capable of mobilizing the population around a national purpose. Without touching here on the internal politics of the country, it is clear that the population sees most, if not all, of the post-independence governments as failures. Vicious internal faction fights have taken place, more as struggles for power than as principled exchanges over ideas. Violent incidents have punctuated this process since 1991: a shoot-out in parliament on October 27, 1999, led to the death of Prime Minister Vazgen Sarkissian, Speaker of the Parliament Karen Demirchian, two of his deputies, a minister and three other members of Parliament; six parliamentarians were wounded. Although the material perpetrator was apprehended, mystery surrounds the background. More recently, on March 1 of this year, when opposition groups demonstrated to protest alleged fraud in prior elections, the police opened fire on the crowd in Yerevan, killing 10 and arresting 82, who are still in detention. In late July, the so-called opposition, which rallies around former president Levon Ter-Petrosian, was holding daily sit-ins in the city center, demanding the release of the 82 political prisoners. The latest development, as of this writing, is that Ter-Petrosian has called for former President Kocharian to be put on trial for serious crimes, including his having established a "despotic rule" which allegedly led to the 1999 shootout and the recent events.
The political infighting is evidently intense. But where is a national leader, with a vision, of how Armenia can emerge from the continuing political crisis, and chart a new way for its future?
What comes to mind as historical reference points are, of course, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who mobilized a downtrodden American people, smashed by the Great Depression, to rebuild the economy through his New Deal program of great infrastructure projects. One thinks of Charles de Gaulle in France, who lifted the French out of the catastrophe of Vichy and the Second World War, to become a true republic. In the post-Soviet world, one thinks of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin who, as president, redefined the role of Russia, and mobilized resources to emerge from the profound economic, financial and moral crisis of the 1990s. Another useful example in the post-Soviet world is today's president of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, who has successfully engineered a transition from the Soviet planned economy to a modern social market economy, without relinquishing national sovereignty, or destroying the industrial plant, equipment and skilled manpower of the nation.
Each country must find its own way, shaped by its immediate situation, and seen against the backdrop of its own specific cultural and political history. In the case of Armenia, it is evident that any perspective for real economic progress must be based on cooperation with its neighbors in the context of a regional development perspective. This means negotiating political solutions to the continuing conflicts with Azerbaijan and Turkey, in order to reestablish normal economic and trade relations.
To achieve this, requires a capable leadership dedicated to the future of its nation and its people, as well as support from the international community.
Armenians are seeking such leadership.