“Hraparak” newspaper writes: “Now a new order is being created in the region. It’s time to throw away baseless memories, it’s better to act based on the realities of the present time,” Turkish President Erdogan announced yesterday ahead of the Armenian Genocide Memorial Day, adding that the Armenian leader also agrees with him.
After the statements of the Turkish president, alarming expectations have been formed in the social and political circles of Armenia since yesterday regarding Pashinyan’s address on April 24.
According to the majority, Pashinyan will “oppose” Erdogan’s proposal by sending messages to throw away “groundless memories” and delivering a message that will cause an irreversible blow to the process of recognizing the genocide, especially since the authorities are trying to convince the public that they still need to be convinced about the reality of the genocide, to verify name by name. 1.5 million victims.
It should be noted that during a recent lecture to young people, Pashinyan persistently did not use the word genocide, replacing it with the Genocide, and this trend is also noticeable by almost all state institutions. Location: Yerevan Metro. publishing the April 24th work schedule on his Facebook page, he edited it several times, changing Genocide to Genocide and, in the end, he chose neither Nalin nor Mekhin version. they wrote one word in one place, and the second in another.
Does this mean that in the near future the RA government will also take over the amendment of the RA Law on Holidays and Memorial Days, according to the fifth article of which “A Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide Victims is celebrated on April 24, not a working day?”
