One of political forces spoke badly about Paruyr Hayrikyan in an interview given to Aravot. It is a strange coincidence; because of bad communications or other technical problems that article was received late and didn’t appear on our website on the evening of January 31. “It is the hand of God,” the Union for National Self-Determination (UNSD) leader says in such cases. If this article had been published on the evening of the assassination attempt, Hayrikyan wouldn’t have been offended; he has never taken offense at manifold negative publications about him in Aravot over the past 18 years and has always expressed his approval of an article with which he agreed. It is just that I would have felt bad, if the article had ben uploaded to our website.
Regardless of political preferences and ideological differences, I am for humane attitude. I don’t quite understand, for example, why Andrias Ghukasyan is on a hunger strike, but I feel disgust when people mock his hunger strike and tell cynical jokes about it. The person voluntarily suffers hardship for certain purposes; it should be respected. In Hayrikyan’s case, I don’t agree with claims that all that is a show, everything is made up, the candidate for president just carries out PR activities, raises his rating etc. Certainly, people are inclined to trust nothing and see deception everywhere. However, in this case, one can wish that Hayrikyan’s ill-wishers never be offered such a PR opportunity.
I cannot accept the far-reaching “politological” versions, which occur to people under the influence of this terrorist act. The authors of those ostensibly know already which countries and security services arranged that crime. It reminded me of the situation after the events of October 27 when the Russians wanted to lay the blame for that crime on the West, and the West on the Russians. One needs some grounds for such responsible statements, and those grounds are not mentioned with regard to the assassination attempt on Hayrikyan just yet.
In the end, I don’t like the attitude of the “fundamental opposition,” which can be defined as follows: “Long live the terrorists; they impeded the cunning plans of the government to hold a peaceful election.” I don’t think that an attempt on a person’s life should become a reason for such happiness, regardless of what political consequences it causes.
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Paruyr Hayrikyan is not my candidate, and I am not ready to vote for him. However, that person’s endurance all his life is worth respect.
Hang on, Mr. Hayrikyan!
ARAM ABRAHAMYAN
