KARABAKH GHETTO
Igor Muradyan
11:10 14/03/2013
Story from Lragir.am News:
Over 25 years, despite the overwhelming majority of the Karabakh
people, a ghetto is being created in Karabakh. A lot of patriots,
heroes of war and Karabakh movement are participating in this process.
This is the logic of provincial patriotism which, of course, has a lot
of advantages and could direct people to self-sacrifice but it is
doomed to political failure. It is not just a social law and
historical reality but tragic predetermination.
This philosophy is there in Karabakh which horrifies by its
monstrously frank and ubiquitous nature. It is a shame to speak about
it but ignoring it would mean letting this region degenerate. The
Karabakh philosophy is, in essence, little different from similar ones
in other provinces of Armenia but these “principles” are not
introduced as a manifestation of heroism or ethnic uniqueness.
The current status of ghetto in Karabakh can only be explained by that
fact. Moreover, quite often we hear that the Armenians in Karabakh
survived through ages thanks to this philosophy of conformism which is
nothing but stupidity.
Karabakh has always revolted and will revolt. This is its historical
mission. Karabakh’s problem is this absurdity introduced by natives of
this region who imported blatant bourgeoisie and the vices of
bourgeois society which were totally unfamiliar to the natives of
Karabakh.
Currently, Karabakh is undergoing a social decay and extremely strong
stratification of the population, as elsewhere in the world, which is
more or less tolerated anywhere else but not in this region which is
still fighting its barbaric neighbor. The public administration is
trying to maintain their status at a distance from the society,
ignoring internal calls. The NKR political parties have proved to be
obedient and servile groups which are supposed to sit quietly in the
garbage dump.
It should be noted that the political parties and politicians in
Yerevan who have always been on good terms with the authorities in
Karabakh as their political luggage have not expressed any opinion on
the problems of Karabakh and they have been even funded by Stepanakert
no one knows for what. In this regard, they have always remained
politicians of the central districts of Yerevan. It cannot continued
further.
A valuable proposal has been made. If the official representative
bodies cannot provide a forum for discussion and solution of issues,
it is time to create an alternative parliament. First this option was
practiced in 1918 and evoked in 1987 when the decision to create the
parliament in Karabakh was adopted. This parliament was created in
Yerevan in an apartment on Gnuni Street in 1987. Then, this parliament
was convened in “emigration” but now the conditions seem to have
changed and it would be possible to create an alternative parliament
of Karabakh in Stepanakert.
People need minimum respect at least to be heard and considered. In
return for this they try to silence their own comrades. It’s a shame.
It is unacceptable, and those who try are very limited, greedy and
stupid people.
The function of the alternative parliament is to create a forum for
not only expression of opinions and discussion of issues but also
creation of political and civil groups and parties. This initiative
could be defined as “anti-state” but if necessary anti-state
activities will become quite legitimate.
Once during one of the sittings of the NKR parliament in 1994, the
first commander of the Karabakh armed forces Arkadi Karapetyan said,
“When we first went to the square, we didn’t ask for anyone’s
permission.” We’ll break through, guys, it is important to break
through!