The Armenian Revolutionary Federation Supreme Council of Armenia, in an statement issued on Thursday, is urging voters to ignore the Constitutional Court referendum slated to take place on April 5.
Below is the translated text of the announcement.
It is with great regret that we verify that the current political leadership, by ignoring numerous pleas and warnings, is pulling the country into reckless risk.
By exploiting and distorting one of the important tenets of a democracy—the referendum—the authorities, in veiled effort, are advancing their singular goal to establish an autocracy and their inability to neutralize the threats facing the country.
By condemning the political leadership’s approach of creating artificial plans through demagogic methods, we are sounding an alarm for this unconstitutional approach. The ARF Supreme Council of Armenia announces that the leadership’s approach of addressing issues through unlawful means is unacceptable.
As such,
We call on the citizens of the Republic of Armenia to not become participant to the authorities’ routine unlawfulness and ignore the April 5 referendum, thus sending a clear message to the authorities that the people are tired of the populism and contriving plans, the destructive policy of dividing the society into “whites” and “blacks,” and the continued upheavals which, as we have seen, have not benfitted the welfare of the people and true democracy.
We call on political forces, civil society—our compatriots—urging them to put their efforts together to prevent a “Yes” vote and thwart this anti-state process and finally start implementing real reforms. The ARF will use all necessary means to this end.
I totally disagree with ARF, it is shameful that ARF is thinking that way. The Armenian government is trying to get rid of corruption and cut the influence of previous corrupt government and the only democratic and fair way of doing is to ask people. Why is not fair to ask people isn’t that democracy? ARF is just trying to stir the pot and create division among people, don’t they have better things to do? Today’s Armenian government is the best and fantastic government we ever had in Armenian history and we should respect and cherish and be proud of it. This was a miracle that happened for Armenian people to have Pashinyan in charge of government. ARF should stop being ignorant, selfish and biased towards their own ideology.
I could nt agree with you more.
ARF in Armenia had aligned too much with Robert/Serj regime and it knows it will never get its footing back. Hence the complete opposition to the people’s rule in Armenia and the support of corrupt judges, the last remnant of prior anti-people regime. My prediction, ARF will lose all its Armenia political position.