Pashinyan on April 24 commemorations: We have shown our perception of the ‘national’
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan went live on Facebook on Monday morning to touch upon this year’s Armenian Genocide commemoration events held remotely due to the coronavirus crisis, stating they were guided by the principle “crisis as an opportunity”
According to him, the Armenian Genocide was commemorated in a visible and audible manner, but without mourning.
"We exposed ourselves from a different perspective. I am sure we all liked that image of ours as we realized that we are such a nation,” he said.
In Pashinyan’s words, that when the plans to shut down all roads leading to the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex were announced, there were “very specific comments from some circles, as expected, that this anti-national, pro-Turkish government is closing Tsitsernakaberd in an effort to make the history of the Genocide forgotten, and so on.”
"We have shown our perception of the ‘national’, and yes, we have contrasted that perception with the old perceptions, which I call ‘kickbacks’, because some did not even hesitate to ensure certain kickbacks under national events,” Pashinyan said. “We have shown the contrast between our perceptions of national identity. We have shown the perception of the ideology of power, our government, the revolution, our perception of the national identity, the Armenianness and the Armenian image. Yes, we oppose that perception to many perceptions that have existed so far. This is the key message of the April 24 commemorations,” he said.
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