Valerie Boyer : " Nous Devons Reconnaitre Le Haut-Karabagh "

VALERIE BOYER : ” NOUS DEVONS RECONNAITRE LE HAUT-KARABAGH ”

” Nous devons reconnaître le Haut-Karabagh afin de montrer la
democratie dans le Karabagh et de laisser les gens dans le monde
connaître que la population du Karabagh veut vivre libre et de facon
independante ” a declare la deputee francaise Valerie Boyer lors de
sa deuxième visite dans la Republique du Haut-Karabagh.

Valerie Boyer, qui est l’auteur du projet de loi francais criminalisant
la negation du genocide armenien, est aussi membre fondateur du Groupe
d’amitie France-Karabagh, qui a ete inaugure le mois dernier.

” En creant le Groupe d’amitie France-Karabakh, nous avons comme
objectif de faire reconnaître le Karabagh et de garantir les conditions
pour les gens de ce pays puissent vivre librement ” a ajoute Valerie
Boyer.

Valerie Boyer fait partie d’une delegation de parlementaires
europeens qui sont en mission au Karabagh afin de visiter le pays et
de participer a des reunions avec des representants du Haut-Karabagh.

mardi 7 mai 2013, Stephane ©armenews.com

The Lebanese Rocket Society A VOIR

Le Monde, France
2 mai 2013 jeudi

The Lebanese Rocket Society A VOIR

Du temps où le Liban se rêvait en conquérant stellaire

ENCART: Un documentaire poétique, signé d’un couple de
cinéastes-plasticiens de l’entre-deux-mondes

Joana Hadjithomas et Khalil Joreige, les réalisateurs de ce
documentaire au titre digne du foltre Wes Anderson, sont d’effarants
cumulards. Ils forment un couple à la ville et à la scène. Ils
travaillent en France et sont libanais. Ils sont cinéastes mais font
aussi oeuvre de plasticiens. Voici donc un duo très riche intervenant
simultanément dans de nombreux domaines, et passant le plus clair de
son temps à prouver au monde les vertus du funambulisme, au risque de
l’épuisement à plus ou moins long terme. La vocation, si c’en est une,
est d’autant plus admirable.

Pour s’en tenir au cinéma, leur cheminement a été jusqu’à présent
éclectique. Deux longs-métrages de fiction au ton fort dissemblable
(Autour de la maison rose, 1999 ; A Perfect Day, 2005), un
documentaire au long cours sur le destin d’une prison libanaise
(Khiam, 2000-2007), un essai conceptuel promenant l’icône Catherine
Deneuve le long du champ de ruines libanais (Je veux voir, 2008).
Entre ces titres répertoriés se cache leur plus beau film, un petit
bijou de court-métrage intitulé – selon la loi de l’indicible joie
libanaise – Cendres (2003).

Quoi de nouveau avec The Lebanese Rocket Society ? Le fait que, pour
la première fois, le couple semble avoir tout mis de lui dans le même
panier. D’un côté, c’est un problème ; de l’autre, c’est très
émouvant. D’autant que l’affaire s’enlève sur une histoire
passionnante : la première, et seule, entreprise spatiale du monde
arabe. L’aventure a lieu dans les années 1960, à l’époque de la guerre
froide et du panarabisme. Une aventure un peu folle qui se passe,
naturellement, au Liban, menée par un petit groupe d’universitaires
dont le leader est un professeur de mathématiques d’origine arménienne
répondant au nom de Manoug Manougian. Ce Tournesol local rêve
d’apporter la pierre libanaise à la conquête de l’espace, dans
laquelle rivalisent Américains et Soviétiques. Aidé de ses étudiants,
il se lance dans le projet sans autorisation ni crédit, débutant avec
de gros pétards, terminant, sous l’oeil intéressé des militaires, avec
des cigares géants qui se mettent à tomber malencontreusement sur
Chypre. Suffisamment performants, toutefois, pour qu’il soit gentiment
demandé à l’Etat libanais d’en stopper la fabrication.

Là-dessus, l’échec du panarabisme, le renoncement au progressisme, la
remontée violente du communautarisme et l’oubli total de la fusée.
C’est de l’oubli de ce rêve pacifique que partent nos Tintin, qui se
mettent à fabriquer un film aussi empirique et gracieux que les fusées
du professeur Manougian. Il débute comme une enquête, où les deux
limiers se mettent en scène dans des archives libanaises désaffectées
; se poursuit à Tempa, en Floride, où ils retrouvent la trace du
professeur qui leur donne de magnifiques images amateurs de
l’aventure. Il revient à Beyrouth, où les cinéastes redeviennent
artistes et reconstruisent à l’échelle le Cedar 4 de l’époque ; se
fait surprendre entre-temps par le choc des révolutions arabes, et
imagine in fine d’y répondre par un final, très enlevé, de dessin
animé futuriste où le Liban serait devenu l’eldorado de la conquête
spatiale.

Voilà donc un film qui, la tête tournée vers le passé et le nez dans
les étoiles (on pense ici à Nostalgie de la lumière, très beau
documentaire de Patricio Guzman), passe son temps à se chercher au
présent. Qu’il ne se trouve pas toujours est un moindre mal. Seul
compte ici le mouvement de l’art, la propulsion poétique, l’effort de
s’arracher d’une attraction terrestre encombrée de charniers et
d’utopies assassinées. En route.

Jacques Mandelbaum

Documentaire franco-libanais, de Joana Hadjithomas et Khalil Joreige
(1 h 35). A lire : ” Le Cinéma de Joana Hadjithomas et Khalil Joreige
“, entretiens avec Quentin Mével (Ed. Independencia, 194 p., 12 ).

Former Presidential Candidate: Just the latest round of fake electio

Former Presidential Candidate: “Just the latest round of fake elections”
Sona Avagyan

18:42, May 5, 2013

Former presidential candidate Andreas Ghoukasyan told Hetq that the
ruling Republican Party had won today’s Yerevan municipal elections at
the very moment the other parties agreed to participate without any of
them disputing the right of the ruling party to take part.

`It is apparent to all that the Republican Party is involved in voter
fraud and a sponsor of corruption. Thus, when the opposition
recognizes the right of such a political force to enter the election
they have already lost,’ said Ghoukasyan.

Nevertheless, Ghoukasyan said he would be exercising his right to vote
given that only when citizens defend their ballot could anything
change, adding that the authorities are doing everything to convince
citizen’s that the right to vote isn’t all that important.

`This is just the latest round of fake elections that are destroying
the country and leading to the loss of independence. If the people do
not attempt to change the course of events, to resist this situation
where we concede our right to vote to others, to outside forces and to
internal criminal gangs, then we will lose that value which we have
achieved historically, our independence and sovereignty,’ he argued.

http://hetq.am/eng/news/26228/former-presidential-candidate-just-the-latest-round-of-fake-elections.html

"Passport merry-go-round" is innovation of municipal elections

“Passport merry-go-round” is innovation of municipal elections

ARMINFO
Sunday, May 5, 18:33

Electoral fraudsters have invented a new way to rig the elections to
the Elders’ Council of Yerevan.

The hotline of ARF Dashnaktsutyun Party reports that at the polling
station located at a school in Silikyan Street the voters give their
passports to strangers, who vote by these passports and return them
with money. Unfortunately, the hotline does not specify which of the
parties has invented the “passport merry-go-round”.

Football: Shirak Gyumri win Armenian title

Agence France Presse
May 4, 2013 Saturday 1:06 PM GMT

Football: Shirak Gyumri win Armenian title

YEREVAN, May 04 2013

Shirak Gyumri won their fourth Armenian title following a 1-0 win over
Pyunik Yerevan on Friday.

The result gave Shirak an unassailable eight-point lead over
second-placed Mika Yerevan with just two matches remaining.

Shirak also won the national title in 1992, 1994 and 1999.

Pianist Hayk Melikyan to perform with Armenian Philharmonic Orchestr

Pianist Hayk Melikyan to perform with Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra

19:34, 5 May, 2013

YEREVAN, MAY 5, ARMENPRESS: The pianist Hayk Melikyan will perform
with the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra. The concert will be held on
May 17 at the Aram Khachaturyan Concert Hall.

As Armenpress was informed by the Press Service of the Armenian
Philharmonic Orchestra, during the concert the following works will be
performed: `Concert for Piano’ of Alfred Schnittke, `Symphony No. 5′
of Jivan Ter-Tadevosyan and `An American in Paris’ of George Gershwin.
The concert will be conducted by Ruben Asatryan.

Yerevan Mayoral Election Could Be The Most Shameful Election Ever

Yerevan Mayoral Election Could Be The Most Shameful Election Ever

Deputy Speaker Eduard Sharmazanov is the head of the Republican
campaign headquarters, so he, as well as the head of the Central
Electoral Commission is responsible for the shameful conduct of the
local election.

Most probably, a decision was made to return to the tough methods
after the presidential election when Raffi Hovannisian unexpectedly
received 37%, and Serzh Sargsyan lost the election in a number of
towns.

After the parliamentary election the RPA had to give up the method of
vote buying through their local representatives because the
representatives either misappropriated the money or the voters
accepted the money but voted for others. They tried to get back the
money from their local representatives.

During the presidential election a `civilized’ money method was used.
They gave money to people who stuffed ballots. However, this tactics
was not effective either because in most polling stations the proxies,
observers, even members of commissions did not allow ballot stuffing.

Now they have apparently decided to reapply the good old method of
buying a vote at the entry of the polling station on the condition
that the voter proves which candidate he or she voted for.

Transparency International Anti-Corruption Center has made a map of
violations, and the map is already covered with tags. TI has been
active in Armenia. Videos were produced which display the nature of
corrupt property of Armenian officials. It has even applied to the
Prosecutor General’s Office demanding to check the legality of the
property of the head of SRC Gagik Khachatryan. Before the election
this organization collected signatures for a petition to publish
voters’ lists after the elections. After the elections TI and some of
its partners will dispute the results of elections.

This election could be the most shameful election in the history of
Armenia. Hundreds of reports of electoral fraud have been received
since morning. In the result, however, it will become known that the
irregularities have not affected the final outcome.

Naira Hayrumyan
16:53 05/05/2013
Story from Lragir.am News:

http://www.lragir.am/index.php/eng/0/country/view/29790

Vahagn Khachatryan: Yerevan will grow into the beautiful city of our

Vahagn Khachatryan: Yerevan will grow into the beautiful city of our dreams
16:18 05.05.2013

Aida Khachatryan
`Radiolur’

`The power should belong to citizens,’ said Vahagn Khachatryan, who
heads the proportional list of the Armenian National Congress. Today
he cast his vote at polling station #8/17.

`I’m confident Yerevan will finally become the most beautiful city we
all dream of,’ Khachatryan told reporters, adding that the word
`beautiful’ refers not only to the appearance of the city, but also to
the quality of life and human relations.

Khachatryan said they have received reports on election frauds and his
party is applying to respective bodies.

`I’m confident Yerevan will turn into the beautiful city of our
dreams, and no one will want to leave it,’ he said.

Oskanian: We will do everything possible for election results to be

Vartan Oskanian: We will do everything possible for election results
to be close to people’s expectations

13:30 05/05/2013 » POLITICS

Vartan Oskanian, former Armenian Foreign Minister, number one
candidate of Prosperous Armenia Party, was the 212nd voter at 9/24
polling station. He came to the polls with Prosperous Armenia Party
spokesman Tigran Urikhanyan.

`I voted for the country’s future,’ Oskanian told reporters after
casting his ballot.

He added that Prosperous Armenia continues to work with other parties
and exchange information with them. `We will do everything possible to
reduce to a minimum violations at polling stations for the election
results to be close to the people’s expectations as far as possible,’
he said.

Source: Panorama.am

PAP Members rule out setting up of coalition with RPA

Members of Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) rule out setting up of
coalition with RPA

ARMINFO
Sunday, May 5, 14:22

Secretary of the PAP parliamentary faction, Naira Zohrabyan, told
ArmInfo correspondent that she rules out setting up of a coalition
with the ruling RPA.

“Moreover, I have voiced not only my personal position but also the
viewpoint of the PAP in general”, – she said.

To note, today Armenian Parliament Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan did not
rule out possible coalition of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia
(RPA) and Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) at the Elders’ Council of
Yerevan.

In response to the given question yet a day ago, Abrahamyan ruled out
possibility of consolidation of RPA and PAP. In the meanwhile, Deputy
Head of the RPA, Acting Minister of Education and Science Armen
Ashotyan was the first today to forecast possible alliance of the two
parties. “I don’t rule out a new coalition of RPA and PAP, though I
would not like it to happen,” Ashotyan said.

After the parliamentary elections of 2007 PAP joined the ruling
coalition with the RPA. By the parliamentary elections of 2012, PAP
has gradually re-oriented towards ‘opposition’ and came out as
opposition at the elections. However, PAP did not participate in the
presidential election of 2013. The party intensified activity on the
threshold of elections to the Elders’ Council of Yerevan as an
opposition force.