The urges not to politicize any issue, in my opinion, are meaningless. What I am writing now is political. If I had written about a film or an exhibition, it would be political as well. When a “Sanitec” employee is sweeping in the street, it is also politics. When any “homeless” finds a shelter under the overpass of the “Barekamutyun” Square, it is politics again.
Moreover, Arthur Sargsyan’s death is connected with politics, our judiciary, law enforcement and punishment systems. We are talking a lot about the Bread bringer, but do we know how many sick people are in prison now and how many die because of inhumane treatment and lack of proper medical aid? The problem, certainly, is political.
It is clear that the opposition political forces are using this issue in their election campaign. But there is no reason here to be surprised, puzzled or giving moral advice. Was it not used against Hillary Clinton that she was sending official emails from her personal account. Is it not used against François Fillon that once being a parliamentarian hired his wife at work. Every political force is using what it has at hand. Arthur Sargsyan’s death now is a very good play card for the opposition. As to how skillfully our oppositions are using this playing card, it is a different matter.
The targets seem to be selected correctly. To direct the criticism against No.1 on the RPA list (Defense Minister) who refused to bury Arthur in Yerablur military cemetery, and against No.3 (Minister of Justice) who as claimed by the campaigners should have prevented the truly illegal and inhuman decision of the investigator and the judge to arrest Arthur for the second time. (As to what extent the investigator and the judge “obey” the Minister of Justice by the law, in this case, it is not important). Did this campaign mechanism work? Certainly, yes for a certain segment of the Facebook. Did it affect the overall sentiments of the electorates? I do not know.
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How meaningless are the heartbreaking lyrical outpourings associated with the death of the Bread provider, how meaningless are the complaints about what bad people are the politicians for using the person’s death in their campaign. Good people do not become a politician.
Aram ABRAHAMYAN
