They say that there were professors at the Philological Faculty who in order to make a student fail the exam, would ask him what dress a certain character of the novel had worn at
a certain moment. Certainly, one cannot usually remember those secondary details, if one doesn’t specifically learn them. And well, in the so-called “political” processes, people’s attention is paid to such details, as a rule. People who have such an approach may be divided into two groups – one group cannot or doesn’t want to go into the subject matter, the other group understands it quite well, but discussing the bottom line is not in their interest and they deliberately focus on details. The latter are like the king in the movie Baron Munchausen who pretends that the main problem of his kingdom is to sew clothes accurately.
The same applies to how the consultation of the Cabinet convened on Saturday was perceived. 90 percent of politicians and commentators “analyze” not what the President of the Republic of Armenia said, but how he addressed the Prime Minister and the ministers. Moreover, for some reason, it was imprinted on the memories of those “thorough analyzers” that Serzh Sargsyan called the Prime Minister “Tiko,” though he used “Tigran” as a form of address. And yes, he called the Minister of Healthcare “Dero.” Perhaps one really should use “Mr.” to address one’s subordinates at such events, but it is a detail of little importance.
And the important thing is whether there are or there aren’t problems that were raised by the President. Is there actually misappropriation of state means, corruption, kickbacks etc.? Is it possible to save billions of Drams of the state budget by turning off the “tap” of the officials engaged in such a fraud, if project implementation offices don’t cut illegal deals with the ministries, if state money is spent rationally? Is the market of pharmaceuticals really neglected; is it possible to enforce basic law and order there? I haven’t come across analyses of those problems in the past two days. Instead, there is a discussion on fake “Tiko” and real “Dero,” at best, coffee reading to predict when the Prime Minister will change. Are the above-mentioned problems conditional on the personalities of the Prime Minister, the President or any other official? Or should be create institutions, mechanisms, rules of procedure to gradually eliminate all that?
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…Sometimes it seems to me that the appeals for radical changes on the personal level are made by the very people who don’t want to bring about any change in the real life.
ARAM ABRAHAMYAN
