If extraordinary parliamentary elections are held, the party named Republican Party of Armenia will not be part of the parliament, then there is no need to exert efforts to fight against the non-existent party. While in power the Communist Party, the Armenian National Movement, the Republican Party of Armenia were not parties at all, they were groups of nomenclature and careerists, but after losing the power they gradually became “village clubs”. Thus it is no surprise that after the change of power, people left these groups and joined the next ruling group. So, the danger is not in the Republican Party’s return, I am sure, there is no such option. The danger is more horrible: the power which will assume the power after the elections, whether it is the “Civil Contrat” or the “Prosperous Armenia”, not to suddenly turn into a “new Republican Party” (“new Communist Party”, or “new Armenian National Movement”) with its functions.
There are almost no such manifestations at this point. However, I have been working as a journalist for a long time and can assure you that there were no similar manifestations in 1990-1991 either. For example, when the Armenian National Movement came to power, it had the intention to open the park of the Central Committee (now the National Assembly) for the people, as well as the government summer houses of Proshyan, and I made reports on these two “intentions”, even invited mothers with babies to the park to show that this revolutionary step was already made. However, this did not take place: the Armenian National Movement members sensed the sweetness of the power and soon began to manifest themselves in the same way as the Communists had done: with the same arrogance, the same harshness, and the same infallibility complex.
Why do I say that there is a possibility of its recurrence? Because neither the Communists nor the Armenian National Movement members nor the Republicans admit that they were such as I am describing, they are sincerely convinced that they were honestly and modestly serving the Republic of Armenia. Therefore, they DID NOT FEEL how they changed and how they started to be perceived by society. Power creates dizziness, and the danger of losing a sense of reality at a certain moment is very high.
Why do I say that there are ALMOST no such manifestations at this point? Because now I sometimes hear from the supporting circles of the government: “they have the right to do whatever they do, hush you revanchist-anti-revolutionary!”. This approach still has not got an “official form”. I hope it never will.
Aram ABRAHAMYAN
