Unlike many people my age, I think that the quality of this parliament is better than the ones of the past. The number of oligarchs is noticeably less, and the number of women, younger people, and scholars have increased. It is a pleasure for me to be around people who did not see the Soviet Union. They think differently than I do, and, I feel, they think more correctly.
Of course, Prosperous Armenia is in the new parliament, which I think remains a part of the past. There are many likeable people in that party, starting with Tsarukyan himself. But let’s accept that he simply got old due to the fact that he’s one of those rich people who keeps a political party and makes all the decisions on his own, based off of his own interests (including economic decisions). I trust that the head of Prosperous Armenia will accept that sooner or later.
I think that many problems which, under my impression, are solvable through the deputies, lie on the shoulders of My Step. I think that one of the fundamental problems of the political majority (and, of course, all thinkers) is to decrease the level of hatred, decrease passions, and to bring society towards more positive and realistic approaches.
Today, the situation is as follows. Whenever it’s said that Robert Kocharyan needs to be judged in accordance with the law, people respond that no, he needs to be hung and tortured on Republic Square. When it’s said that Manvel Grigoryan does not pose a danger to society at the moment and he can remain in freedom until the end of the investigation, people exclaim that he needs to die in jail from cancer. When a former deputy from the Republican Party gets into a car accident (who was neither an oligarch nor an official, by the way), people ask “why didn’t she die?” When it’s said that our colleague Samvel Mayrapetyan needs to get surgery overseas, people respond by speaking about his wealth and opportunities. That is the attitude of the majority of society. And I do not see such severity solely on Facebook. If that were the case, then it would be easy to conclude that this emotional wave has been directed. Such opinions come from the mouths of people who are not involved in politics, modest people, and even the kindest of people. Therefore, citizens are deeply against the former authorities and they have satisfactory foundations for it.
It seems that such a situation is beneficial for the current authorities; “we’re good based on the fact that those who came before us were bad.” But it only seems that way at first glance. If this hateful and destructive energy does not change into an energy that is more constructive, then the authorities’ honest efforts to make our country more developed and wealthier will not have the desired results. The support of society is not solely through praising the current leaders and ridiculing the previous ones. It also is through working on the ideas of the revolution.
Aram Abrahamyan
