When all at once, without proper debating, without considering the requirements of the society, a law is “concealed,” we say that the “government is arrogant”. When encountering some public resistance, these laws are suspended, we say that “the government is weak and indecisive.” Whatever definitions we give, I am in favor of the second option. Otherwise, working mothers would be deprived of their allowances, and the owners were compelled to daily contact with the tax inspectors on the topic of documentation. In both cases, the problems are, of course, available. Anyway, they should not be solved at the account of mothers and small-business entrepreneurs.
No matter how much we criticize the rallies of the parliamentary Trio, what is said there, and who and how are brought to the square, let’s record that if not for these rallies, in particular, the amendments to the laws on allowances and turnover tax would be adopted, and the concept of constitutional amendments be approved. Only, there is no need to give extreme assessments to the phenomena (“Yeah, were you afraid?”), this is not a kindergarten, this is a common, political practice adopted in the whole world.
The problem is in exertion of public pressure for realistic requirements. Unrealistic requirements shall have sense by the following logic: ask for the maximum and you’ll get the optimal. The maximum, of course, is the president’s resignation. I remember the summer of 92, when the “National Concord” opposition alliance was staged a demonstration in front of Baghramyan 26. A few staff members of the alliance entered the president’s office and repeated their traditional requirement for the opposition. Parallel to its traditional substantiations of being “plundering”, “sucking people’s blood”, “unprofessional”, “clan” and “mafia”, the charge for “selling Karabakh” was also brought. Arshak Sadoyan (NDU), Gagik Hovhannisyan (ARF) and Armen Zatikyan (NSDU) demanded President Ter-Petrosyan’s resignation, whereas Vigen Khachatryan (ADL) present at the talk did not demand. A little (and again traditional) dispute began on how many people were gathered in the square. To put an end to this, the president said, “let it be a million, anyway, I am not going to resign by the demand of the rally.” But what came next after events? The NDU leader Vazgen Manukyan was appointed a defense minister, who, in my opinion, worked well in this position.
At this moment, it is quite realistic to improve the Electoral Code, in particular, to achieve the 100% proportional electoral system in the parliament. In my opinion, it will not happen without rallies. Simply, the requirements voiced from the platform should sound more articulated, well-founded, and if not identical, then the so-called “comparable”.
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ARAMABRAHAMYAN
