Thank you for your most impressive and objective comments. You sound like an independent photo-journalist I know. Just for the record, with respect to losing my job, I have never lost a job – anywhere. To the contrary, when I was involved in my study for the National Assembly in 2004, the Armenian Government offered me a Very Cushy Number, as they usually do to keep a lid on these problems. But I made a promise to the people of Armenia to take a stance against the ever-escalating corruption in Armenia (and so did Vahan Hovhanissian, but when faced with the facts he decided on the more attractive route) , but contrary to most, I kept to my word and I am still fighting for a full investigation, after four years, and things are going not too badly.

Moreover, In December 2004, one of Armenia’s most influential businessmen who has his offices in Moscow offered me a job as Project manager for the 70 projects he had on his books at the time. I told him that I had made a promise to the people of Armenia and I would stand by my promise.

So, Hayrenaser, your comments are out of context and you are well off the mark. And the problems in Armenia are not of my making, they are because there are still Hayrenaser’s like you who have absolutely no comprehension of what is going on around them, or they prefer not to see the problems, or they are a part of the problem.

But thanks for your input, which shows the debate is still of interest.

I’ve followed your story for a while now. Honestly…you bore me. You are a boring bitter Anglo-maniac who is too frustrated for losing his job, being stuck in Armenia and not finding a job anywhere else.

Seriously go and blow your d*** for a change instead of the whistle. We have enough problems in Armenia as it stands.

Regards,
Hayrenaser

How succinctly you put that!

Thanks for your support, and if you did not know, the 168 Hours and the Armenia Times newspapers published more than a dozen articles on the action through the latter months of 2007, each of which I distributed throughout the Armenian state system and internationally. So there are quite a few who have followed the case closely, and it is pleasing to hear their reactions, when I meet with them on the streets, including from within the Government. A bit similar to yours, but maybe not so vernacular.

How else can I put this:

http://better-not-wb-the-wb.blogspot.com/

Read the damn blog and publish the information already, god dammit, you stupid, fucking Asbarez editors! Kaj Vartan, my ass. Where’s your courage now, you chickenshits?

And they are probably right!

The policeman then came up to me and whilst he was very politely removing me from the tarmac, he asked what I was talking about, and I told him. He then asked what nationality I was, to which I answered, I am British, and added, but I am more Armenian than the two who arranged all of this. He also gave a little smile, to which I commented, I see you are also ashamed, and his eyebrows raised in obvious agreement.

Whilst you still reeling from your startledom, I thought I would refer to recent events which are already falling into place (before Sargsyan has even been inaugurated) and what GAP’s lawyers in Washington are doing in our ongoing attempt to try and help the people of Armenia gain some kind of benefit from the multi-billion dollar corrupt program I have articulated.

You will have seen that the motion for Armenia to recognize Karabakhi independence is now again being prepared, after Raffi Hovhanissian pulled out from his initial attempt in the autumn of last year. Thankfully Raffi saw the light, possibly in response to my numerous submissions to him, and now he is part of a real opposition. And today I read that Sargsyan is preparing to meet with the Azerbaijan side to discuss resolution of the Karabakh problem.

Have no doubt, the Karabakh agreement which has been gathering dust for the past four years will soon be signed and the scenario I have articulated will start to affect the lives of all Karabakhis and Armenians. That part is inevitable, irrespective of who is Armenia’s President. The important aspect is that the state connected cronies who have been laundering their hundreds of millions of dollars worth of ill-gotten gains in the construction sector through the past several years, at the expense of the people of Armenia, will soon be reaping their rewards, again at the expense of the people of Armenia.

In Washington, Armenia is now right in the limelight because of today’s state of tyranny, and in accordance with our program, which started in January 2007, GAP is now preparing a submission to Nancy Pelosi for a Congressional hearing on the World Bank’s involvement in this highly corrupt politically motivated agenda.

World Bank and IMF are bad. They have conspired with Serje and Robert against the Armenian people :)))? Is that the logic? They are going to move some 3 mln Armenians out of Armenia and bring some 150.000 Karabaghtsies instead :)))

I can give you a lot more trustful conspiracy theory. LTP, backed by the UK and the US has attempted to implement a color revolution, a move agaist the Russian interest in the Caucasus. It is plain and simple. If you want the whole picture, consider the events in Serbia and Kosovo, Ukraine, Georgia, Abkhazia and Osetia and most importantly the rising oil prices and the coming US recession.

Thanks a lot! 100% agree with your statements. Were we are is already obvious. But the question is how to get out of this situation.

I took my constitutional today as usual through the Republican Square and then on to the Liberty (Freedom) Square, to make sure the various forces are properly looking after Armenia’s security. And I had the pleasure of witnessing how at the Liberty Square, the army was being assisted by the police force, who were overseeing removal of the metal bench seats, which our ever-caring authorities had previously put into place in the run-up to one or another election in an expression of their devotion and commitment to the people of Armenia. So now, it seems that not only does Armenia’s democratic majority not have the right to step a foot on their Freedom Square, they are now longer allowed to sit and watch it being guarded.

And as far as political prostitution, might that be redundant? This is politics after all, and no one who has followed politics anywhere on earth should be surprised at all when people cut deals. Frankly I hope sensible poeple are doing that right now to avert further disaster. The other option is called a healthy opposition. I will not give much positive value to other alternatives, such as civil war etc.