As I have said many times, I did not like Ms. Postanjyan’s “question” to the President. It is clear that it was not a question, but an accusation that the opposition MP wanted to accuse Serzh Sargsyan to his face, and within household insight of common citizens, the topic is pretty resonant, it perhaps worthy of applause by such a mass. But, the function of an MP, politician, I see is in trying to climb from the household level, and in her accusations, she speaks about more principled, more systemic issues, the issues, which, unlike the casino, are quite obvious and proofable. But, that, of course, is a matter of taste: I may be wrong, and the primary task of politicians and, why not, journalists, and commentators is “slating”.
But, if there can be any discussion about the content of the “question”, Republican Party’s response (on “Turkish” topics) to Ms. Postanjyan does not fit into the framework of the political debate. And, the member of the same party, head of “Armenian Eagles” organization and (note) Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports Affairs Khachik Asryan’s interpretation is a pure criminal. Let me remind you that the young man named the MP a “harvest mouse retired from the Turkish field.” I have already had occasion to write that the “Turkish” lexicon of our political and public figures give evidence concerning certain intellectual level, as well as absolutely not perceiving the realities of the 21st century. But, the Deputy Minister has gone further, saying, “Zaruhi Postanjyan should be burnt on the bonfire alive, not as Jeanne d’Arc, but as Ramil Safarov.”
Burning people on the fire as a punishment for this-or-that offense is not in use for several centuries. Maybe these traditions are preserved in cannibal tribes and in the African jungles, which are quite far from the mountains of Syunik. But these tribes are not members of the European People’s Party, and as the Republican Party, they also do not want to have a Depth and Comprehensive Trade with the EU, and do not participate in the Bologna process. Even in the Customs Union and the Eurasian Union, the morals were not so harsh.
In the 20th century, in Europe, yes, bonfires were burned. The German Nazis were doing it. But, the latter were burning not people, but books (including those of their great German writers and philosophers), so that people will not get contaminated with dangerous ideas. Maybe though mediated, Nzhdeh followers, these Nazi ideas have penetrated into the brain of the Republican Deputy Minister.
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I’m not a specialist, but I tend to believe that Mr. Asryan’s words contain calls of violence and frontier justice. But, of course, no one will pay any attention to it.
ARAM ABRAHAMYAN
