It is not necessary to explain why My Step received 884,456 votes (70.43 percent) during the past elections. Nikol Pashinyan scored those votes. He made the dream of the majority of Armenian society a reality- he freed them from their dreaded authorities, which the people connected with a single object, as well as with all the problems our country faced. The characteristic of this situation is that other than Pashinyan, the citizens do not see any other politician whom they think is responsible enough to solve these problems.
Everything else is going just like in classical revolutions. Along with the majority of the supporting society trying to silence all opposing and critical voices, the government has already made several mistakes, including in international affairs. Taking into consideration the Prime Minister’s fiery personality, such problems can also repeat in the future. One of the characteristics of the revolution is also that it is difficult to stop the repressive wheel. That is taking place against the will of the authorities, since that is the will of the people. Therefore, I believe that everything is not limited to the former authorities. Then, it will be the people who obeyed the former authorities’ turn, and then their supporters, and so forth.
This is the logic of the revolution. The French revolutionaries who demanded “Liberty, equality, and fraternity” created a dictatorship, which the majority of people actually liked. The crowd was triumphant when Robespierre and his revolutionary comrades sent the King and his family to the guillotine. They cursed at those sentenced to death. The crowds were also triumphant when Robespierre sent his revolutionary comrades to the guillotine, and cursed again at the “traitors.” There were once again curses and feelings of triumph when Robespierre himself was beheaded at the guillotine. And what? The French celebrate the anniversary of their revolution every year and consider their revolutionaries to be heroes because they solved an important problem; they showed that people do not have any privileges at birth. We are all equal in the eyes of God.
We all need to be prepared for the guillotine now, and I mean this literally or figuratively (it is, after all, the 21st century). This does not mean that we need to be afraid to voice our opinions. But it also does not mean that we need to underestimate the historically positive significance of the Armenian Velvet Revolution. Whatever happens in a month or in a year, the revolution will be an influential lesson for any authorities who come into power over the next few decades.
Aram Abrahamyan
