By Appo Jabarian, USA Armenianlife
It is not by a coincidence that millions of Armenians are in a diaspora.
Essentially, the Armenian Diaspora is a particular feature of almost a century of existence. It represents almost 75% of the Armenian population of the world.
If you ask an Armenian question in Yerevan, Stepanakert, or even Paris, Moscow, New York, Marseille, Tokyo, Tehran, Berlin, Beirut, Bourj Hammoud, Ainjar, Kessab, Damascus, Jerusalem, Cairo, Buenos Aires, Hong Kong, Sydney and in other places where the Diaspora, what he wants most for his people, his answer could be frequently: “The survival of the Armenian nation.”
If the question presented was: “What do they say meant by survival of the Armenian nation? “Many were asked” Survival of the Armenian state and the Armenian Diaspora. “
We the People…
In another question in the suite could be: “How can this survival? “It is very possible that the answer is” By systematically building the two entities. “
The times of the Soviet regime, after his fall and resurgence of Armenia as an independent state in 1991, the Armenian diaspora has proven to be indispensable.
During the liberation war of Artsakh against Azerbaijan, during the current political struggle against an omnipotent Turkey economically and politically and against its ally Azerbaijan, it is recognized that the Armenian Diaspora has become a decisive factor in favor of Armenia and Artsakh.
In recent decades, because of his vigilance and his pro-Armenian activity, the Diaspora has sought to provoke Turkey’s ire on several occasions.
Despite the fact that the Diaspora is not organized as it should be in it either, it is still dynamic, and on such fundamental issues as stability, protection and security of the nation with its two republics Armenia and sisters of Artsakh and its large diaspora, it is decidedly action-oriented.
But it could be that the coming decades are carriers of extreme challenges towards Armenia and the Diaspora.
The Armenian nation does not deserve the homeland and the Diaspora will engage in against the performance-one over the other, and so to the detriment of the nation as a whole.
In other words, the two segments of the nation must work together much like a German or Japanese car – durable, reliable, modern, practical, harmonious, efficient and always open to improvements. These two integral parts should continuously and indefinitely strive to maintain a synergistic coexistence.
Civil society in Armenia-Artsakh has a fundamental right: the Armenian Constitution which provides and regulates the rights and duties of the various branches of government.
For its part, civil society, the Diaspora does not have at its disposal a constitution nor a code of common rules and regulations that promote and maximize individual and collective work.
Some organizations in the Diaspora can claim that they have their own internal constitution or rules. However, there is no Constitution of the Armenian Diaspora that obliges and organizes the diaspora as a whole.
The Armenians of the Diaspora are entitled to organize themselves as a transnational community with the famous motto “all for one, one for all! “.
They have the right to declare themselves as holders of shares or ownership rights to a supreme structure of their diaspora democratically elected and therefore all organizations. It is a sacred right comes with rights and duties.
Under the Constitution of the Diaspora, all organizations and institutions based on faith or the community, should be treated as assets and cash on the balance sheet of the nation, and be accountable to the entire nation, morally and financially.
As beneficiaries of the moral and financial support of the Diaspora, all organizations must be signatories of a recognition or a Memorandum of accountability and transparency.
A very active diaspora and malfunctioning can be regenerated by a Constitution that definitely will give positive energy to the base, rehabilitate more defective organizations and ultimately promote a transnational together quite active and supportive.
Do we need unity or a framework for emulation and cooperation?
We need to Armenians a framework for emulation and cooperation under one constitutional dome. Such a framework can be developed and maintained by a Constitution of the Diaspora living.
By Appo Jabarian, USA Armenianlife
Head of Publication, Publishing Director
Jean Eckian © armenews.com