Approximately 1994 onwards, when National Democratic Union and Ashot Manucharyan were conducting a revolution, I was receiving swearings, complaints and threats of “this or that strength” from the revolutionists. I have acquired certain immunity by hearing and reading the same, mildly said, reprimands for 23 years, naturally. And the most important is that when the “revolution situation” passes, the same people that were driving at as if they would hang me from the pillar next to Robert’s or Serzh’s if they came to power (“that’s fine, little has remained, soon enough the people will…”), those people become very kind and tolerant withdrawing from their intentions to build gallows and guillotines. The ardent revolutionist seeing me on the other side of the barricades acquires a sign of adequacy and becomes, as they say, “a wonderful person”.
Assuredly, I cannot compare the National Democratic Union or the Armenian National Congress with the group having attacked the police station. (Perhaps, to some extent that group is similar to the revolutionists of the 90s, within which “Dro” grouping existed.) I see the difference between the political force operating within the scopes of the Constitution and the armed group. There is no difference between them all, the swearing and threatening supporters in my opinion. At the same time, in the era of internet and Facebook, the following regularity is noticed – as far from Armenia, as high the level of the “revengeful offence” and consequently, as strong the swearing. To give material to the ones feeling relief from that let me repeat that I am against the revolutionists completely and particularly in contemporary Armenia. It seems to me that after any revolution a time period for certain stabilization is needed – the revolutionist masses will not wander about the streets for months and do whatever they want. All – temporary or permanent authorities will take the control of “Aurora” sailors” or “hero guys”, again police, control, repressive apparatus, etc. will be necessary. Still a question remains – whether those “sailors” or “romantics” will be subject to that order or will say, “forasmuch as the people have won, no one should touch us”. But suppose they are subject.
Will the new repressive apparatus be better than the old one? Will the control of the “sailors” be enough for the apparatus to change? And the most important question for Armenia, how long will the “time period of stabilization” last and what will happen on our borders throughout that period. Of course, as a response to all that the “Rose Revolution” in Georgia is brought forth as an example. If the West decides to implement such program in Armenia, it will have its positive and negative sides. In our case the negative will exceed the positive, in my opinion.
ARAM ABRAHAMYAN
