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Under Threat: Claim by extremist party head raisesugly rhetoric in Parliament and the press
By John Hughes and Zhanna AlexanyanArmeniaNow reporters

A threat by the leader of a fringe nationalisticpolitical party to “out” members of the Government ofArmenia has provided Yerevan newspapers withsensational copy for the past month. And now it hasbecome the hottest topic on the floor and corridors ofthe autumn session of the National Assembly.
Last month, Armen Avetisyan, leader of the Union ofArmenian Aryans, announced that he has photographs andvideotape evidence that certain ministers, Members ofParliament, and high ranking officials are homosexual.Avetisyan says he will release a list of names beforethe end of the year.
While Avetisyan’s claims are outrageous and from aninsignificant political body, the controversy hasnonetheless stirred anger, accusations and, mostlikely, reasonable concern for some politicians andpolitical appointees.
It has also revealed attitudes of hatred toward gaysby officials who, with their rhetoric, have ignoredCouncil of Europe regulations stipulating that gays,like other minorities, be assured civil rights.
Using slanderous nicknames such as “Dianchik”,“Primadona” and “Hasmik”, Avetisyan referred to thepeople on his alleged list as “dregs of society” andpromised to reveal them “in a systematized manner”.
“Our main goal is to clear up a list of ministers anddeputies so that they would not only hand in theirresignations but also be exiled from the republic,”Avetisyan says.
Avetisyan, generally seen by society as a dilettantepolitician of marginal influence, says he will releasehis information during a press conference when he hascompleted his list.
Avetisyan himself could be asking for trouble. It is acrime in Armenia to illegally collect or spreadinformation about a person’s private life.
Still, it appears his threats are being takenseriously.
President Robert Kocharyan’s National Securityadvisor, Garnik Isagulyan, told the media that ifAvetisyan’s claims are true, “I think appropriatemeasures will be taken”.
He also inferred that dismissing a minister because ofhis sexual orientation has no relation to Council ofEurope membership requirements.
If MPs or ministers are revealed as homosexual: “Theymust immediately hand in their resignations,”Isagulyan said.
National Unity party head and former presidentialcandidate Artashes Geghamyan has used the controversyas an opportunity for general slander of theGovernment.
“There are not only homosexuals in our ExecutiveBranch, but drug-addicts and gambling ministers aswell,” Geghamyan said.
To which Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan responded:“So does it mean Geghamyan participated in all suchthings if he knows who is a gambler or something else?If someone talks about something then that person has100% accurate information. And that can only happen incase that person saw materials or himselfparticipated.”
At various press conferences and in interviews in theNational Assembly, Members of Parliament haveexpressed reservations about the appropriateness ofAvetisyan’s claims, but mostly agree that homosexualsshould not be allowed to govern or make laws.
The presence of homosexual ministers and deputies isnot a surprise for deputy Manuk Gasparyan, who saysthe accused are “mainly known in political circles,”and therefore Avetisyan isn’t saying anything new.
“Of course, I’m a little bit skeptical concerning thefact that he really has facts and photographs on allhomosexuals. And in general I don’t think it is rightto publicize to these names.” Gasparyan said. “Thecorrect thing would be to send the pictures to thePresident of the Republic so that he could be informedwhat is going on in the Government of Armenia and inthe Parliament.”
Deputy Emma Khudabashyan was unrestrained in hercondemnation of any minister or MP who should be foundto be gay.
“After publicizing the names these deputies must beseated backwards on donkeys, their faces blackenedwith soot and they must be taken for a ride in theirelectoral districts so that those who elected them,could spit in their face,” she said. “This is what ourgrandfathers used to do with those who were repudiatedby society.”
Deputy and powerful businessman Ruben “Nemetz Rubo”Hayrapetyan says it would be an act of patriotism ifAvetisyan publishes his list, because: “This is amatter of national security and it would be right forus to know who these people are.”
Karen Babayan, Chief Physician of Dermatology andVeneral Disease of the Republic of Armenia toldHaykakan Zhamanak “Armenian Times” newspaper that theissue isn’t important.
“I don't care what any minister, deputy or any otherhigh-ranking official does after his work,” saidBabayan. “If he is a professional in his field but atthe same time he is a homosexual then I don't care.
“Why don't they want to publish a list of high-rankingofficials, who are straight but they spend their wholeday with prostitutes? And who said that it issomething better and more moral?”
Whether Avetisyan’s threats will be realized is amystery that has distracted this session ofparliament, whose main task was to considerconstitutional reform. And according to one deputy, ithas even threatened an ancient Armenian custom.
“Deputies are so frightened that when they meet eachother they don't kiss each other like they didbefore,” said MP Galust Sahakyan. “They only shakehands.”