No matter how long Nikol Pashinyan stays in power, the “legacy” he left behind is visible to all of us, and nothing will change in that regard. This will not change his discussions about the “former” regime, in particular, even if the majority of the population of our country believes in the “innocence” of the current Prime Minister.
But there are more fundamental issues, such as how the Armenia we want to build needs to be and what road we want to take. Let’s try to understand the basis we are creating for that today. In this case, I want to speak about the behavior of the majority of the opposition. I frequently see how they “feast upon” their visions of the future. They are taking Pashinyan to the firing squad, he is degraded and terrified, and they, the opposition, do not pity him or his family. Is that their most important vision?
If that is the case, then we can modify the well-known slogan and say that Armenia has no future. You will say, of course, that this is a natural reaction to the hysteria that has plagued Pashinyan and other revolutionaries for years to achieve their political goals, a reflection of the hatred and insults that many have suffered, regardless of their degree of guilt. Now, they supposedly have the right to respond in the same manner. Thus, the foundations of tomorrow are being laid today; tomorrow’s poison, hatred, and desire to destroy one another.
I am sure that the forces will preach about the unification of society and the reconciliation of the Nikol supporters and the anti-Nikol group. Such reconciliation contradicts the political principles of Pashinyan and his opponents. “Punish, break, shoot,” they shout, and the word “reconciliation” angers them. The voice of the unifying forces is not loud today, and they have no chance of winning more than 2-3 percent of the vote in the upcoming snap elections. And this is an unequivocal indicator of the fact that, no matter how the elections end, the crisis will not be resolved. Whether this government stays or a new one is formed, the current government will not be able to heal our country’s deep wounds after June 20th. But the future, I repeat, belongs to the “reconciling” forces.
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If every other word uttered by educated, bright people is “disgusting,” I do not think reconciliation is in the cards for the near future.
Aram Abrahamyan
