 LOS
ANGELES—In discussing the protocols for Armenia-Turkey
relations, Armenian Revolutionary Federation Bureau member Dr.
Viken Hovsepian said President Serzh Sarkisian and his circle
must be held accountable for leading the Armenian nation on a
dangerous path.“Our task, as a
nation, should be to hold the president and his circle
accountable and to sink this process,” said Hovsepian in an
interview Friday with Asbarez.
“What we are witnessing today is
absolutely unacceptable and must be unequivocally challenged by
the entire Armenian nation. This effort led by Serzh Sarkisian
which aims to allegedly improve relations between Armenia and
Turkey, on the contrary, will create new complications in the
future,” explained Hovsepian.
“What’s happened is entrapment. What’s
happened is morally and politically bankrupt, which can have
serious consequences on the national security of our country and
the advancement of our nation,” added Hovsepian.
“Thus, every Armenian individual, every
Armenian organization must say its piece and express its
position on this matter, in order to collectively deter this
campaign, which only serves and benefits Turkish interests,”
said the ARF leader.
“The wave of protests must rise both in
Armenia and in Diaspora communities in the name of the rights of
our future generations and our supreme national interests,”
concluded Hovsepian.
Since the announcement of the protocols on
the establishment and development of relations between Turkey
and Armenia on August 31, the community has been abuzz with
calls of protest and anger toward the elements of the protocol
which will endanger the future of the Armenian nation.
As such, the ARF Western US Central
Committee began a process of rallying together key stakeholders
in the community, as well as political parties, organizations,
churches and schools to collectively act toward these
developments and present one voice in our effort to halt this
process.
After meeting with leaders of the Armenian
Democratic Liberal Party, the Social Democratic Hunchakian
Party, the Prelate of the Armenian Apostolic Church, the ARF CC
hosted a forum for organizational leaders and representatives on
Sept. 9 and urged them to inform and engage their respective
members in the process.
More than 250 organizational
representatives gathered at Karapetian Hall in Little Armenia
and after being briefed on the latest developments, received the
community’s pledge to immediately engage their circles in this
protest effort.
Similarly, on Sept. 10, the Central
Committee met with the executive and religious councils of the
Western Prelacy, as well as the board of the directors and
clergy of all Prelacy churches and urged them to address this
important issue of national concern with their parishioners.
At press time, Asbarez was informed that a
protest rally will take place on Sunday, September 27, jointly
organized by the ARF, the Social Democratic Hunchagian party,
the Ramakaver party and Unified Young Armenians. The rally will
take place from 5 to 8 p.m. at Pelanconi Park in Glendale.
Asbarez will provide more information as it becomes available.
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