In my opinion, socio-political developments should not be viewed from the perspective of who is in power today or tomorrow, but from the perspective of the challenges our country faces and how they should be solved. Otherwise, most of our fellow citizens are driven by emotions and prejudices; “I love this, I do not like this,” and, accordingly, “This person must sit on the throne,” “No, this one.” Thus, the attitude towards this or that person changes with lightning speed- within a matter of days, or, most often, hours. Onik Gasparyan was a hero, but it turned out that he is now an adapting official, or, “Finally, we have a president,” then, “No, Armen Sarkissian is a British spy.”
There are tens of thousands of people in Armenia who only care about Nikol Pashinyan remaining in power. They turn on the television or computer and they see a leader who is of the same intellectual level as they are, and who expresses their same feelings towards the ‘former’ regime. These people are not interested in the humiliating defeat or the country’s catastrophic situation, for which Pashinyan is the main one at fault.
On the other hand, there are tens of thousands of people who have one wish: for Pashinyan to be overthrown at any cost, and here, too, we are able to see a whole palette of emotions. The representatives of the second group that any means, including a military coup, should be used in order to make their dream come true. It is these citizens who were dissatisfied with Armen Sarkissian and Onik Gasparyan in the end.
What did these people expect? Most likely, they expected Onik Gasparyan to send an armed group to the government building to arrest the Prime Minister. Let’s assume that this armed group wouldn’t have run into a group of Pashinyan supporters and that arrest took place. Thus, the army would have brought a temporary government to power that would have carried out snap elections. Would that have stabilized the situation? Would the government that came to power in that case be more effective than the current, extremely inefficient administration? Wouldn’t that be a signal for the enemy to strengthen its position?
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I hope that there are citizens in Armenia who think differently than the tens of thousands of Nikol supporters and Nikol haters. There are much fewer people in that group than in the two latter groups. For that relatively small group, I am writing what they already know without me having to mention it: The Karabakh conflict was resolved by force, and that solution was not in our favor because of the ‘wise’ policies of the current Armenian authorities. But there is definitely no solution to the domestic conflict by force.
Aram Abrahamyan
