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Vazgen Manukyan to Resign as Public Council President; Cites Government Policy Failures

Arguing that the Pashinyan government has chosen to divide Armenian society further rather than unifying it, Vazgen Manukyan has announced that he is resigning as President of the Public Council of Armenia (PCA), a post he’s held since 2009.

In a strongly worded statement released today, Manukyan criticizes the Pashinyan government for failing to move the country towards development, to unite the people around national issues, and to promote the well-being of our citizens by building a more democratic and more effective nation state.

Manukyan says the government has done the complete opposite and that given the current state of affairs in Armenia it is meaningless to continue as PCA President.

"Instead, the authorities continue to discuss projects and take steps that will further divide our society. This is transitional justice, the law on property confiscation, the changes in the education sector, the use of the judicial system to solve political problems, and so on," Manukyan writes.

“At the last meeting of the Public Council, I told you that I have tried several times to meet with the Prime Minister, to find ways of working together to alleviate tensions in the society and to prevent some steps through the Public Council that, in my opinion, are dangerous to the state. You also know that those attempts have failed,” Manukyan writes, adding that he’s received no response from Pashinyan.

The PCA was created in 2008, by then Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, in the wake of the post-presidential elections.

Its purported objective was to bridge the divide between the public and the government.

Many viewed the PCA as nothing more than a fabrication of the Sargsyan government designed to appease domestic political critics.

“In these circumstances, I consider my further work in the Public Council meaningless and leave the council, which I have already informed the Government in writing. I will continue to fight for the interests of our state and people, as I have throughout my life,” concludes Manukyan.

Comments (2)

Andreas
There's a church built since 4th century AD with the birth of Christ, then there were no Turks, no Aziks,no Russians and no Muslim faith. That's what pissed Putin off. He hates Armenians & truth.This is The Kremlin Paradox.However, the land must belong to Azeri the whim of Putin. They say Putin was recruited in Turkey before 1992 and finally made his Turkish gambit over the Armenians since 1994. He is genius. 25 years to wait for his triumph...Great job for the lucky general, a huge calamity for unlucky Armenian people ruled by putins' agent nikol... The truth is in the Treaty of Sèvres 1920 - in the map of the treaty of Wilson's Armenia. There marked the border of Eastern and the Western Armenia exactly. Who is the occupier here? The truth infuriates Putin, Turkey and Azeri. What about the UN ? For the truth or for the lie. "When the cat's away, the mice will play" a dangerous game. All tweets were already sent to Mr. Putin personally as well. He must know that we found out that his play was dishonest and Nikol his agent - a Joker disaster for Armenian People. God Bless Armenian People. Nagorno-Karabakh and Nakhichevan were transferred temporarily to Azerbaijan in January 1924 only for 10 years, and not forever. Moreover, after the collapse of the USSR, this fact was hidden from the UN and Russia was trying to falsify the whole world. Nevertheless, they had created a false ideology about the territorial integrity. Of which country? The USSR or republics (not countries) appeared after the USSR. USSR is gone and the borders with it. Thus, the aggression of one country with the support of another (moreover, not leaving the former USSR) in order to impose its falsified right is a crime against humanity. That is why; the UN should be concerned about these falsifications. UN must convince the former countries of the USSR to sit at the table, and relying on de facto rules (as there was no clear piece of legal map from the USSR will decide their borders. De jure, no impossible-USSR is not exist anymore that is Putin's whim and he is trying to do it now. Putin is suspected of war crimes in Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus, and mainly in the South Caucasus / Armenia. Do not be afraid to announce that to cowardly Putin all over the world. Write, why did you keep silence of death? Writing of one person will not change anything, but writing of 10 million will put Putin in grave. Understand naive and blind Armenians. Flood the congress with letters, get read of your fear and stop acting or waiting like an idiot. What about Mr. Vazgen Manukyan - Are you going to cancel that shameful illegal agreement and oppose to Mr. Putin and ask help from Minsk Group? If not - Then you have nothing to do in the new position. Let someone a brave and patriot to be nominated who can show Putin his finger. Thank you for Reading.
Vahan Bournazian
Please tell us how the Public Council ever achieved anything for the poor, or how it ever combated corruption, or how it ever did anything materially meaningful.

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