Opinion
Elections in Armenia: An Interview with Antranig Kasbarian
WATERTOWN, Mass.—The Armenian Weekly and Hairenik Weekly conducted an interview with Antranig Kasbarian, the chairman of the ARF Central Committee of the Eastern U.S., on the upcoming elections in Armenia. Below is the English translation of the interview.
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ARF is so fortunate to have a leader of the caliber of Antranig Kasbarian. He is young, energetic, brilliant, eloquent with masterly command of the English language and of the realities of our present Armenia with both its strengths and weaknesses.
It was our pleasure to reconnect with him and to hear his speech on April 24 in Boca Raton, FL.
Armenians like Antranig Kasbarian make Armenians proud.
Sonig Vayejian Kradjian
As a rule Armenians like to see everything in rosy colours and dwell upon matters not so important such as for instance-like Sonig Kradjian above has abundently bestowed on Antranik her priases . Whereas,I do indeed acknowledge his MASTERY of the English language(a plus of course) and his knowledge of the intricacies of present day political issues,I was a bit surprised that through his lengthy discourse he did not make any mention of our old( this not so much missed , as it is done constently in our gatherings -meaning mention of our Serop Aghpur, Kaj Antranik, Murad etc.,- and especially recent struggles .Whether the most important -our ¨crazy¨ and angry Armenian youngmen that conducted ¨Correctional acts of viollence¨ (my version) only against turkish diplomats and later their joining with our ¨JOGADS¨ AS FREEDOM FIGHTERS IN ARTSAKH(Nagornyi Karabagh).
Fact of the m atteer is a near moribund Armenian Tahd(Cause/Case) was rekindled AND HOW on the International political scene THANKS TO THESE angry Youngmen that did not wish to have their PLEAS left on deaf internationl diplomacy…..
I may add that it might have been that this escaped him,but hopefully in his future addresses he will not forget our selfless FREEDOM FIGHTERS!!!
Let me add,lest Armenians as usual, think I did not approve of his ¨YELOUYT¨.He is brilliant and an advocate of our Tahd/Cause as for a contemporary politician,which I like very much.WE need new blood like him.