Three years ago, thousands of Armenians in Armenia and outside of Armenia were in a state of euphoria. We finally managed to get rid of the inert, inefficient, corrupt regime that hindered our development. The joy was sincere, and people’s actions in the streets in the weeks leading up to the revolution were just as sincere and heartfelt. I do not agree at all with those who say that people made a mistake or that they have been deceived. Starting a revolution was not wrong, and the organizers of the revolution did not intend to deceive anyone. What was to be torn down was torn down.
But the “demolition brigade” could not build anything. The overwhelming majority of citizens brought a man to power who had no qualifications to lead the country. He could not ensure the security of our people, he could not take effective measures against the pandemic, and he could not ensure economic progress or progress in any other sphere.
The problem is that Pashinyan was not thinking in that direction. He saw his responsibilities elsewhere- to show up on people’s screens every day or every other day and say something empty and abstract but inspiring (for example, ‘people should have honor’ or ‘Armenia has a future’) and find a target every day to ‘trash.’ As journalism of a particular genre, it is quite acceptable and even interesting, but it is destructive as a form of government. Even now, the acting prime minister does not understand what he did, nor does he admit that he has failed.
But rumors about how the revolution was pre-organized to destroy the country or to hand over Artsakh and how Pashinyan was specially chosen to implement our enemy’s plans are just as empty. They are claims that have no basis, and they are also ‘conversations under the wall’ for me, just as ‘Sashik’s 50/50’ were. Having an incompetent and failed leader is one thing, and having a ‘traitor’ is another. This label, in my opinion, does not so much describe a person, but a state, its quality, and its perspective.
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The electoral campaigns have begun, and the key will be to generate as much hatred as possible towards Pashinyan or Kocharyan. Knowing both, I do not expect either party to be fair to each other. But I vaguely hope that politicians and propagandists will not lavish labels discrediting the state.
Aram Abrahamyan
