Javakhk Armenians Call for Autonomy

[karo]

Javakhk Armenians Call for Autonomy

AKHALKALAK, Gerogia (A-Info)--Armenian non-governmental organizations working in Georgia's Armenian-populated Samtskhe-Javakheti and Kvemo Kartili regions issued a joint announcement calling for the formation of a federative Georgian republic, with great autonomies granted to its ethnic populated districts, including the Armenians of Javakhk.

Citing the end to the military operations and the efforts by the sides to the conflict and the international community to find solutions to addressing this problem, as well as the fact that resolving ethnic conflicts militarily only jeopardize the security of the population, the Armenian organizational collective issued a six-point announcement calling for autonomy for Javakhk Armenians. Below are the points:


In order to guarantee the country's stability and democratic development, and to re-establish Georgia's territorial integrity and statehood, as well as to resolve ethnic conflicts in a objective, just and legal manner, Georgia's government should become a federative state, with regional and federal government structures;


Under the federative system of government, the central authorities of Georgia will retain the powers provided under Article 3 Section of the Georgian Constitution [Eds: Article 3 mandates the government to oversee issues of national interest, including foreign policy, defense, national and social security and economy];


The basis for the creation of regional bodies should include the preservation and advancement of ethnic identity of groups comprising Georgia's population.


Provide Samtskhe-Javakheti--with its current boundaries--and the neighboring mainly Armenian-populated region of Kvemo-Kartali autonomy within a federate state of Georgia, ensuring it with broad self-governing rights, including the right to free elections to the population for local governing bodies,


Through constitutional amendments, guarantee that Armenian will be the official language of Samtskhe-Javakheti, in addition to the current official state language;


Guarantee the representation of Samtskhe-Javakheti in the legislative, executive and judicial branches of the government.

The Armenian organizational collective emphasized that this aforementioned proposal would be the best manner through which to emerge from the current crisis, adding that government of Georgia should, at the very least, listen to its peaceful population and provide them with the same opportunities that it is providing to those citizens who “raised their weapons against the government.”

The organizations said that the impetus for this announcement was, first and foremost, the interests of Georgia and Samtskhe-Javakheti, which is part and parcel of the country.


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Who will the Georgian goverment react, will they do the right thing or will they destroy their state.

[Henry of Grosmont]

[SIZE=5]Who will the Georgian goverment react, will they do the right thing or will they destroy their state.

Or the ones who demand the autonomy will do it later on with the Russian support.

[karo]

Or the ones who demand the autonomy will do it later on with the Russian support.

If Javakh wanted to be independent it would have been the war was the perfect time to declare independence. But they don't want it, they want more rights and the Armenians there are tired of the anti-Armenian policy of Tiblisi.

[Henry of Grosmont]

If Javakh wanted to be independent it would have been the war was the perfect time to declare independence. But they don't want it, they want more rights and the Armenians there are tired of the anti-Armenian policy of Tiblisi.

They were tired of the anti-Armenian policy in Karabakh, now there. Interesting.

[wilpuri]

AKHALKALAK

[Farnan]

Sounds good to turn Georgia into a federal state, makes sense.

[karo]

Sounds good to turn Georgia into a federal state, makes sense.

But will the goverment agree with it.

They were tired of the anti-Armenian policy in Karabakh, now there. Interesting.

wouldn't ou be tired of it, if they were killing Armenians Baku and sumigait. Burning down Armenian shops. That is in case of Azerbajan. In Georgia things are not that bad, but Armenian churches are getiing closed or turned intoo Georgian churches. Armenian grave yards moved away without the conted of the Armenians. Someplaces they forbid to teach the children armenian.

[Panzerbear]

Who will the Georgian goverment react, will they do the right thing or will they destroy their state.

Give it a couple years. Georgians will be fully re-armed by the good people from Washington, and will supress all the "separatists scumbags" with heavy artillery.

didnt I warn you all that Caucasus is one hell of a ed up place?

[Fluttershy]

Give it a couple years. Georgians will be fully re-armed by the good people from Washington, and will supress all the "separatists scumbags" with heavy artillery.

didnt I warn you all that Caucasus is one hell of a ed up place?

yea, Russia has NOTHING to do with why that regions so screwed up atm