Former Armenian Justice Minister: Since 1948, Armenian people   dealing with ongoing genocide

ArmInfo. The Armenian Genocide is not over, as since 1948, the Armenian people have been dealing with  ongoing crimes. Professor and former Armenian Justice Minister Gevorg Danielyan wrote this on his Facebook page on the occasion of the 111th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in the  Ottoman Empire.

The former Armenian Justice Minister clarified that genocide is not  simply the physical extermination of a nation, but also a crime aimed  at the complete destruction of all pillars of a people's identity:  the national church, culture, and history. According to him, this is  done in order to unimpededly appropriate historical territories and  the entire system of civilizational values. "And what cannot be  appropriated, they simply barbarically destroy. This means that the  Armenian Genocide is not over, and therefore there is no need to  discuss the retroactive application of the 1948 Convention on the  Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (the extension of  the document's provisions to crimes committed before its adoption -  ed.), as since 1948 we have been dealing with an ongoing crime,"  Danielyan noted.

Meanwhile, as the former Minister of Justice noted, when asked why  the Armenia n authorities have failed to respond to the destruction  of Armenian historical and cultural sites in Artsakh, ignoring the  key provisions of Part 2 of Article 19 of the Armenian Constitution,  they respond that this is happening on the territory of another state  and is supposedly a mirror image. "Let's leave aside for now the fact  that nothing comparable to this barbarity is happening in Armenia. If  we are forced to unnecessarily manipulate the false agenda of  'mirror' interests, we will never see an end to it; the Azerbaijani  side will always come up with 'most serious' lies," Danielyan  emphasized.

He noted that the same political force-the ruling Civil Contract  party-has included in its election platform a clause calling for the  forced resignation of Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II,  ignoring not only the Armenian Constitution but also the fact that  this is a spiritual leader elected not only by Armenian voters, but  by all Armenians, approximately two-thirds of whom are in the  diaspora. "Although I am confident that even voters in Armenia  already have a deep understanding of what is really happening, whose  aspirations and what ultimate goals the short-sighted authorities are  trying to fulfill at any cost," Danielyan concluded.