Not to politicize. Our government representatives often come up with such calls on various occasions. This time, Russian Ambassador to Armenia Ivan Volinkin came up with the same urge. The entire problem is that there is no clear definition of what the policy is.
Suppose, a more or less “eminent” face of the Republican Party or PAP or its nearby people put up a fight in the street, an act of hooliganism. There are no political motives in the deeds of these people, by breaking the mug of people who had “offended them” or by shooting at the feet, they do not express their political views or do not fight for the power. Is it worth mentioning the party affiliation of these people in this case? I think, yes, because, particularly this environment gives birth to citizens who are drunk with impunity and have lost the limit. Do I politicize the “routine” dispute by mentioning the parties of the hooligans? Perhaps, but it is very hard to determine the limit between everyday life and politics.
For two days, Gyumri people are demanding to hand over the soldier suspect in brutal murder of 6 citizens of Armenia to Armenia’s law enforcement authorities. Russian “Regnum” agency calls these people a “crowd” by rejecting their being individual and citizen. Doesn’t thus “Regnum” politicize the demand of Gyumri residents? It seems to me, yes, it does. People want to see the solution of the problem on the legal dimension, while they are told that as you are a “subject” nation, you do not have the right to express such a wish.
Those who from both sides are taking the issue to sphere of inter-ethnic relations, I think, they do not only politicize, but also cause a direct harm to the Russian Federation and the Republic of Armenia. Criminal’s nationality does not matter, what is important is that he serves in a “facility” where people armed with self-firing gun are allowed to go out to the town and wander around civilian population. Representatives of different nationalities serve there, including Armenians. Now, if I say that the “facility” is called a “Russian military base No. 102,” would it mean to politicize the issue? In short, “politicization” by itself is not such a terrible thing, it can serve for both fair and unfair purposes. It is bad when people lose equanimity, when they fall into emotions or become a victim of manipulation and provocation. And who can say that all of this has nothing to do with politics, too?
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ARAM ABRAHAMYAN
