Haulage of the political life in Armenia, I think, is visible to any unprejudiced viewer. The government and opposition “dialogue” of over 20 years is proceeding by the following logic. “now, we’ll bring the people out of the street, they will drive you off and we’ll take your place,” – “well, let’s see how you’re going to do it, we are not the ones to be driven off.” Recurrence of the events (including the beating of active citizens by scoundrels supporting the government) suggests that a flight of some imagination, a breakthrough is necessary, people who have thinking and act beyond the standard are necessary who would suggest non-template solutions. So far, I do not see any of such thoughts and such forces.
Today, only PAP has started a true flight for the power, let the remaining parties not be offended, but they are the PAP’s satellites. I have nothing against this political party. Moreover, it would not be bad, I think, that in the 2017 parliamentary elections, the PAP receives the majority to slightly see more fresh faces in the hope of making the subsequent presidential elections more interesting. It would also enable the RPA’s “political wing” to try its strength as an opposition, which would be interesting to watch. Why am I talking about the next election? Because no extraordinary elections would be possible without shocks, and as I understand it, everyone is against shocks.
However, I hope that everyone understands, be RPA or PAP the head of the government, it nothing essential would be changed. Because they and the rest of the political parties not only have the template notion about the political struggle, but they have the same vision about the state system, economy, education, and culture. No innovative idea was born in us over these 25 years, or, if born, it was not expressed. “No need to invent a bicycle, simply there should be an order, legality, legitimacy, unbiased courts and elimination of monopolies,” some would say. This is the template, first, because if such exclamations are heard from the lips of the current politicians, then they know very well that they have not followed (when they had the chance) and would not follow these wonderful principles. But most importantly, these exclamations do not answer, at least theoretically, the question of “how”.
I have some thoughts on this “how.” But they do not fit into the space of this article. I would just list some names here and suggest thinking about what these people have done for their countries. Mustafa Kemal, Józef Piłsudski, Mikheil Saakashvili. Let us switch off for a moment of how we treat those statesmen. Let us not even try to imitate them, the historical and national context is strongly different from today’s Armenian situation. Just let us remember their turning role.
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ARAM ABRAHAMYAN
