At a public meeting held on September 3 entitled "Not One Inch of the Homeland", organized by the "Union National Initiative", film director Tigran Khzmalyan lambasted Armenian officials who seem to be preparing to give liberated Armenian lands back to the enemy. "Can anyone name me a country where someone claiming to be a political leader or intellectual can look into the TV camera or stand at a podium and talk about returning native lands with a straight face? Does such a country exist? Perhaps we are the only country where people can actually debate such issues and still call themselves politicians, political scientists or just citizens. This insanity must stop."  This is how Mr. Khzmalyan summed up the political discourse in Armenia today on the heels of the protocols signed by officials in Yerevan and Ankara. The film director said that he and his friends had started to produce a film in Artsakh about the excavations at Tigranakert. He said that throughout its long history the Armenian people have regarded Tigran II (The Great) as their most supreme king most likely because both before and after him the status and influence of Armenians were never greater. Mr. Khzmalyan added, "I do not believe in coincidence. It is not mere coincidence that after 2,000 years of lying buried under the ground the remains of Tigranakert’s fort was uncovered suddenly, just a mere two years ago when Hamlet Petrosyan started to excavate . Why was this so? Because our king wishes to speak to those men who are vying for his throne that Armenian land cannot be bargained with, that not one inch of native soil can be given to the enemy, to a friend or to anyone. King Tigran speaks to us. King Tigran also speaks to Serzh Sargsyan; through his fortress. He speaks in silence." Director Khzmalyan continued by saying, The "Union Initiative" wants to say to all concerned that if you have monopolized the economy, politics, diplomacy, history and we remained silent because the bulk of the people thought, ‘at least not there not be war’, now you want to bargain away native land; land for which we fought a war. They will not be able to monopolize this. We will not allow them." When commenting on the signing of the Armenian-Turkish protocols on the night of August 31, Mr. Khzmalyan said that night life is characteristic of cockroaches, rats and other who will remain nameless. "Cockroaches are afraid of the light. It is our duty to spread the light of day on all of this." Mr. Khzmalyan went on to say that a certain privileged class had not only usurped the economy and the work of our forbearers but had now set their sights on the only thing left to trade and sell – the land of Armenia. He said that if immediate changes weren’t made that didn’t resolve social and property rights issues, then the Armenian people faced losing not only Artsakh but the Republic of Armenia itself; even though it is clear that after the loss of Artsakh there would be little left of Armenia. He also condemned the so-called political opposition in Armenia and argued that its representatives were from the same "class" as those in the regime and thus are motivated by the same degenerate interests. "Sadly, the opposition isn’t with us on this issue. There are two fundamental issues that must separate the regime from the opposition. The domestic issue is one of ownership. On this issue they see eye to eye with the regime for they are from the same class. In foreign affairs the issue is that of Artsakh and here too, sadly, they are in agreement with the regime. Thus, we must restructure the opposition," Mr. Khzmalyan concluded.