The divides in society especially deepened after the war. The point is that those who voted for an amateur and a person completely unaware of governing a state with tears in their eyes in 2018 (and the citizens, of course, voted for Pashinyan himself, not My Step) are unable to accept that they indirectly contributed to the deplorable situation today with their choice. This is psychologically impossible for most of them to accept, and they continue to make idolatrous claims so as not to admit their mistake and take responsibility for their part in all of this. First, their instinct of self-defense pushes them to blame everyone except the Prime Minister for the defeat, and second, to consider all those who are outside of that idolatry as enemies. It’s natural that they receive the same treatment from the other side. As soon as Pashinyan is replaced by another prime minister (it does not matter who will be in that position for a few months before the elections), divisions will slowly stop and passions will calm down. The current Prime Minister is the “divider” today.
Read the entire editorial in Armenian: https://www.aravot.am/2020/11/27/1155017/
Aram Abrahamyan
