Recently, one of my interlocutors correctly, it seems to me, noticed that the international word for “management” should not be translated as “governance”. Generally, no need to translate it, as the exact word is not found. And why the word “management” has become “governance”, it is probably not also by chance, it is the manifestation of our psychology.
Management allows such situations when the manager does not say, “hey guys, go to this side, hey guys, go to that side,” instead he says, “you are gathered here, smarter than I and skilled than I, please hint me on how to solve this problem”. Such a situation is less likely in the governance. However, in Armenia. Followed by the same logic, we use the word “regulation” for the word “settings” (e.g., in computer), which also has an “authoritarian” content, and use the word “authorities” for the word “administration”.
The habit of governing, management and regulation, probably coming from the Soviet times, has always prevented all the authorities of the independent Armenia to use the elements of management and go by rational path. As a result, the relationships of administration with its opponents were always unhealthy. The opposition is always in a hurry to come to power by extraordinary elections, with the pretext of “destruction of the country”. The administration is always in panic (even when the muscles of “the only man” are showed). “Wow, they want to take our seats,” and in the efforts to prevent this “worldwide tragedy”, he does not want to hear anything.
As a result, for example, no suggestion by the minority is passed in the parliament, “Well, what kind of ruling and governing entities are we to listen to them?” “No, we, certainly, are open for dialogue and all reasonable suggestions promoting the development of the country, but these people do not make reasonable suggestions, they want to come and sit in our chairs.”
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Followed by exactly the same logic, the opposition never agrees to any bill of the administration, even if it is sure that it is useful to the state. “Well, how can we say that this ruling and governing entities are doing the right thing? Well, how can we say afterwards that they are taking the country to destruction?”
Something needs to “clicked” inside us to understand that we are dealing not with kings, viziers, princes, and on the other hand, with folk heroes “asserting the justice”, but with ordinary mortals, who at some point do some function. If we realize all of this, then those who pretend to be kings and folk heroes, probably, would also review their behavior.
ARAM ABRAHAMYAN
