In a pointed response to Civil Contract MP Arman Yeghoyan's parliamentary remarks, Mourad Papazian, ARF Bureau member and co-president of the Coordinating Council of Armenian Organizations of France (CCAF), defends the Armenian diaspora's legitimacy and historic contributions. Papazian argues that Yeghoyan's attempt to diminish the diaspora's role and question its usefulness advances the "absurd notion that a stronger diaspora somehow means a weaker Armenia." He emphasizes that the diaspora's legitimacy is earned through decades of service, mobilization, and tangible results, not solely from an electoral mandate.