Hayk Babukhanyan: “We fight not against “underlings” at all!”

The decision on the entry of Armenia in the Customs Union sounded by the president of the country Serge Sargsyan became the main event in political life of Armenia in recent months. At our request this subject round which serious passions inflamed in the republic was commented by the deputy of National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia, the chairman of the party «Union Constitutional Law» Hayk Babukhanyan:

— The statement of the president of Armenia Serge Sargsyan for accession of Armenia to the Customs Union was heard, as they say. And it is very loud! Was it unexpected for the political elite of the republic?

-This statement of the president wasn’t a surprise for me, for the party run by me. It is natural continuation of policy which Armenia conducted throughout last years. And I consider that there are no surprises! I don’t say that we can consider all events in the light of the two-hundredth anniversary of the Treaty of Gulistan, according to which East Armenia including Nagorno-Karabakh and other Armenian areas from Persia passed to Russia.

Two hundred years passed and we lived or in the uniform state or in federal, or as now — strategic allies. And two hundred years if it is possible so to speak, a serious trial period. We were checked on durability and we sustained!

Mentality of the Armenian people which the president Serzh Sargsyan expressed is, really, the union with Russia. Therefore, there are no surprises for us.

There are people who idolized the dollar and euro, dreamed that gay parades will take place in Yerevan … Certainly, there are such people. They hoped for a gap with Russia, for our vassal situation in Europe. And there nobody was going to admit Armenia to the European Union, talked about any associations etc … They dreamed of so-called modern European values which contradict the values of the Armenian people and Christian values in general! The declaration of accession of Armenia to the Customs Union was unexpected for them. For us — no!

— Who opposes the decision on the entry of Armenia in the Customs Union?

- We call them as grant eaters and grant suckers. It is possible to tell that copyright of these definitions belongs to our Iravunk newspaper («Law»). These forces eat grants, are fed from hands of the various western organizations and also intermediaries. They understand today that didn’t execute that order which they had — it wasn’t succeeded to bring Armenia out of the union with Russia.

They are concerned that they got money for the work, but they didn’t execute it … Here they are interested; how to be farther? Certainly, long ago it was necessary to stop this disgrace, after all it is a question of national security and it is necessary to call agents of external forces by the names and to make them responsible.

— Don't you have the feeling that the political situation can be heated?

- You know, actually those forces which oppose the entry of Armenia into the Customs Union, don’t constitute danger in itself. Other thing is that they poison the soul of the youth. They do it by means of social networks, by means of mass media which have in the hands. For this purpose only the money are necessary, and they have the money.
They work under the leadership of very serious western instructors. I will repeat: these people aren’t dangerous in themselves. But they constitute danger in respect of poisoning of mass consciousness.

I don’t think that the situation in the republic will somehow be heated. It is hardly possible — for that simple reason that the majority of the Armenian people always considered and considers Russia as our ally.

- Is something known about the Vilnius summit of «East partnership» in the republic?

- In my opinion all already know about it in Armenia. The matter is that very rigid fight was until the president declared the decision. There was very strong opposition; even it seemed to some that else slightly and the president will sign the contract on association …

Those forces which considered similar succession of events inadmissible including our party, made very sharp statements. Discussion was rather wide, rather rigid. Sometimes irreconcilable…

So, all know about this summit, know that we could appear in very dangerous situation. Anyway, but all words are already told. Decisions are made and everything in Armenia goes the logical course.

— Does your party which consistently play for the union with Russia, probably, had problems too?

- Very serious forces fight against national and patriotic forces which play for the union with Russia. They are not so serious within the country, but external forces are very serious up to State Department of the USA which included me in the report for 2012 as the person who works against a freedom of worship in Armenia. That I oppose the activity in the territory of the republic of sects is presented here in the following way!

Today there is a claim against our newspaper in the International Court of Justice on human rights from one of sects. Here look: the State Department supports the sect in other state! I expressed the opinion and it was represented almost as totalitarianism.

The feministic organizations filed a lawsuit against our newspaper also, which actually are the organizations extending a pornography and prostitution, play a role of heralds of LGBT-community. The organization connected with Rotari-club filed a lawsuit against us, which, as we know, is related to the lowest links of the freemasonry. These organizations have legal proceedings with the Iravunk newspaper which, really, is vanguard of national and patriotic forces.

Now there is very clear split in Armenia: there are national and patriotic forces which play for the union with Russia, for preservation of our national identity, the sovereignty of Armenia, friendship and a brotherhood with Russia, preservation of the Armenian Church, our family. And opponents are those who against everything about what I told now, act. And we in this fight already deal not with «underling» which carry out the order, but with serious forces.