Posted on October. 15. 2023
Healthy-thinking Armenians in Armenia and around the world are not guided by liking or disliking any or all of Armenia/Artsakh’s neighbors. They’re simply guided by the Armenian national interests. Armenian RealPolitik.
They are deeply committed to the preservation and consolidation of Armenian statehood regardless of who or which political party is in power. While statehood ensures, parties in power come and go.
Which Armenian groups or parties would want to side with one political party in undermining Armenia’s war efforts in orchestrating military defeat in order to railroad the party in power and enable themselves to return to power at all cost even at the cost of treason!?
Regardless of what one thinks of the current Pashinyan regime, one should not give in to those elements schemes by those who want to exploit Armenia/Artsakh’s misfortunes and grab the political power by way of coup d’etat or even political assassination(s).
Armenians shouldn’t allow the old regime kleptocracy now widely known as “Karabakh” mafia to railroad the current Pashinyan government in order to come back to power.
In the aftermath of the 44-Day unprovoked anti-Armenian aggression in Artsakh by Azerbaijan-Turkey/ISIS-Israel, the old regime kleptocracy/“Karabakh” mafia led by former presidents Robert Kocharyan and Serzh Sargsyan attempted to invade the Armenian parliament and execute a coup d’état. Luckily for the Armenian nation, they were brought under full control, and their coup d’état failed. Armenian statehood survived.
To his credit, in order to give the Armenian voters the right to decide the country’s future political direction, the Pashinyan government courageously resigned paving the constitutional process of holding a special parliamentary election. The elections were held in June 2021. PM Nikol Pashinyan’s party was re-elected in a resounding victory.
The Armenian voters gave Pashinyan’s Civil Contract Party a clear mandate to govern yet again.
Instead of coalescing around the victorious party, some Armenians chose to continue placing the blame of the disastrous outcome from the 44-Day War in Fall 2020 squarely on the Pashinyan government. Never mind that later on it became increasingly clear that the “Karabakh” mafia with the full backing by Soviet/Bolshevik Russia elements in Moscow sabotaged the Armenian war efforts.
In early September 2023, “Karabakh” mafia forced to resign the popularly-elected president of Artsakh Arayik Harutunyan. Earlier, they had forced the resignation of the speaker of the Parliament of Artsakh. Next, they took over both the parliament and the presidency without any popular election. Later, they surrendered the weapons to the archenemy Azerbaijan. The illegitimate president of Artsakh Samvel Sergeyi Shahramanyan illegally signed a decree to ‘order’ the dissolution of Artsakh Republic effective January 1, 2024.
Finally, it became clear to many that Pres. Putin’s Russia has been doing everything in its power to keep Armenia a vassal state. Many observers underline that the September 19 full-scale military aggression by Azerbaijan against Artsakh was carried out with the full consent of Russia and the collaboration by Armenia/Artsakh’s fifth column/old regime’s Karabakh mafia. All this was reportedly masterminded to orchestrate the toppling of the Pashinyan government and bring back to power the old regime which has defrauded both the homeland and Diaspora Armenians for several decades. The old regime is now identified as the plunderers of Armenia/Artsakh’s defense budget for over several decades.
Sadly, there are good-hearted individuals in the Diaspora who are victims of misinformation and blindly join the chorus of the old regime in railroading the popularly re-elected Pashinyan government.
One such individual seems to be a retired physician Dr. Ishkhan Babajanian of northern California.
For several months now, Dr. Babajanian has been naively placing the blame of Armenia’s ills squarely on the Pashinyan government.
Recently, AMGA broadcast USA ARMENIAN LIFE TV’s October 6 program titled “Kleptocratic ‘Karabakh’ Mafia’s place is in the dustbin of history: Armenia embarks on a new beginning.” After watching, Dr. Babajanian wrote to the TV commentator Appo Jabarian: “Dear Appo, Barev (Hello), Thank you. Nobody Kicks the dead dogs. We must look after internal and external alive grey and red wild Wolfs.{sic]”
This writer responded:
“Dear Dr. Babajanian,
I am in full agreement that Armenia/Artsakh/Diaspora need a leader who can be both a wartime leader and a peacetime leader. A leader who has in one hand the self-defense weapon/shield, and the symbol of peace in the other. A leader, a patriot who can fight on both fronts against the internal and external enemies. A leader who has the iron will to implement and execute the ‘steel mandate’ of The Rule of Law and foster Armenia/Artsakh’s Sovereignty, Independence and Defense.
But who is best qualified?
Neither I nor you, are capable of and mandated in deciding the answer. It’s up to the voters of Armenia! All of us in Armenia and around the world should respect any new decision by the Armenian voters and NOT TAKE the law in our hands a la October 27, 1999 assassinations that were executed by ani-Armenian forces from within.
In the meantime, can you please offer your insights and position on a number of issues?
I am writing these questions to you with full sense of responsibility.
Question 1: Are you referring to the old regime kleptomaniacs (Robert Kocharyan/Serzh Sargsyan) and their “Karabakh Mafia” as “the dead dogs?”
Question 2: You wrote “We must look after internal and external alive grey and red wild Wolves.” Are you not aware that Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II along with several members of “Karabakh Mafia” are in honeymoon-type of relations with the terrorist Turkish Grey Wolves?
Question 3: Are you referring to the old regime kleptomaniacs (Robert Kocharyan/Serzh Sargsyan) and their “Karabakh Mafia” as “the dead dogs” that collaborated with Russia, Azerbaijan, Turkey and Israel/ISIS terrorists in orchestrating the Armenia and Artsakh Armies’ defeat in the Fall 2020’s 44-Day anti-Armenian aggression by Russia, Azerbaijan, Turkey and Israel/ISIS terrorists?
Question 4: Are you not aware, Dr. Babajanian, about the treacherous, unpatriotic, anti-Armenian SOVIET Russia-stooges in the officers’ ranks of both the Armenia and Artsakh Armies who reportedly enabled and facilitated along with treacherous Russian so-called peacekeeping forces numerous invasions or incursions by Azerbaijan into both Artsakh and Armenia during the years 2021-2023?
Question 5: Are you not aware, Dr. Babajanian, about the latest anti-Armenian theatrics by the old regime kleptomaniacs (Robert Kocharyan/Serzh Sargsyan) and their “Karabakh Mafia” and their Soviet Russian paymasters and ‘protectors’ the treacherous Russian so-called peacekeeping forces that paved the way for Azerbaijan to execute blitzkrieg war on September 19 against Artsakh and perpetrate Genocide in Artsakh under the watchful eyes of the old regime’s “Karabakh Mafia” and Russia? And all this in the presence and awareness of the entire Armenian nation (Homeland + Diaspora)!!!
Question 6: When will you, Dr. Babajanian stop participating in wittingly or unwittingly orchestrating the return to power by the old regime’s “Karabakh Mafia” and by default Soviet Russia? And all this in the presence and awareness of the entire Armenian nation (Homeland + Diaspora)!!!
Question 7: Finally, are you, Dr. Babajanian, wittingly or unwittingly propagating the execution of another October 27, 1999-style wholesale political assassinations in the Armenian Parliament in order to facilitate a coup d’état in order to orchestrate the return to power by the old regime’s “Karabakh Mafia” and by default Ottoman/Soviet Russia?
Eagerly awaiting your kind response to each of the above questions.
My position on the usage of force/violence in making the current popularly-elected government resign in order to facilitate the return to power by the old regime’s “Karabakh Mafia” (your words: “the dead dogs”) and their Soviet Russian paymasters: I am categorically against it.
My position on any legal, non-criminal initiative in democratically changing the government in Yerevan: I am absolutely supportive of such an initiative but always respecting the ultimate decision by the voters.”
Best regards,
Appo Jabarian”
Shall the world Armenians allow the ‘’Karabakh’’ mafia/the Soviet Russian Stooges in the homeland ‘railroad’ Armenia by illegally forcing the resignation of the popularly-RE-elected Pashinyan Government?
Will they succeed in forcing their return to power? It’s up to every single one of us!
Shall they also keep under watch the agents and collaborators of the “Karabakh” mafia in the Diaspora? Absolutely!
Shall they keep under close scrutiny the religious agents and collaborators of the “Karabakh” mafia in the Armenian Church? What do you think?
The Armenian nation has the birthright to help consolidate Armenia Sovereignty, Independence and Defence while endeavoring to defend Artsakh’s right to exist.