For nearly 25 years, the opposition member in Armenia, in my opinion, diagnose the situation wrong, and it is one of the reasons (perhaps not the most important one) that in the length of time, the negative trends become deep and reinforced. The wrong is that the oppositions believe that a “totalitarian regime” has been created in Armenia, and the first figures: Ter-Petrosyan, Kocharyan, Sargsyan, within their trusted tenure, they either are already dictators of Armenia or will become so the day after tomorrow, and the “Stalin regime”, “Nazi regime” and so on will be established in Armenia (or already has). And since the above-mentioned people have such reprehensible ambitions, they must be replaced by patriotic Democrats, and everything will fall into its place.
Actually, there has, is and will never be dictatorship regime in Armenia, our country does not have such resources. The foundation of such regime, as a rule, is the economy based on the mineral resources, or the expansionist policy. There is and will not be a mono-party or mono-polar “opposition-free” parliament, there will be no universal censorship, there will be no ban on political rallies, there will be no statues of a cyclopean eye “leader” and so on. Let’s forget about the possibility of a dictatorship in Armenia. Our real problems are perhaps direr, more “harmful” than in the case of the dictatorship, but they are different. They are mainly three of them:
1/ There are no legal mechanisms for the change of the power in Armenia (the palace coups do not count).
2/ The wealth in Armenia belongs to several families, and these families are linked with the representatives of senior government authorities.
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3/ There is no independent judicial system in Armenia, and, therefore, the citizens are not protected from illegality.
These, of course, are the features of the authoritarian society, a society that one way or another exists in the former Soviet Union, as well as in no way dictatorial countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America.
This system, of course, obstacles the county’s economic development, increases the number of poor people, and increases the gulf between the rich and the poor.
To get rid of this system, we do not need residents but citizens who are just emerging in our youth. It is also desirable that a true diagnosis is given to the situation, and we should clearly understand where we are now.
Aram ABRAHAMYAN
