After the mayor’s office announced the launch of another 63 new buses, the authorities probably became seriously concerned that Hayk Marutyan’s rating might rise to “unacceptable levels” and expressed their strong dissatisfaction with the mayor. “It turns out” that Marutyan, who held his position through the Civil Contract, deviated from the “only right path” a year ago, has suspicious connections with Arthur Aleksanyan and Seyran Ohanyan, and in general, the Civil Contract (that is, Pashinyan) will soon decide how to deal with that ungrateful official. By an interesting “coincidence,” the very next day the bus drivers went on strike, demanding an increase in their salaries.
Politically, for me, Marutyan is as fiery a “Bolshevik” as most of Pashinyan’s entourage are. He, in particular, has the “copyright” to divide the society into “blacks and whites.” His image reminds me a bit of Sergei Kirov, the leader of Leningrad in the early 1930s, who was no different from other Stalinist leaders (for example, he was a member of the “troika”). But due to his personal charm and rhetorical art, he enjoyed a certain popularity among the people of Leningrad, which, of course, aroused Stalin’s jealousy. Kirov was eventually assassinated, and that assassination sparked mass repression.
Fortunately, we live in a more humanistic age, and the weapon of the modern Armenian Bolsheviks is compromising. It is expected that information will appear soon that the city is in a terrible state (in fact, this is not the case; the work of the municipality can be rated “3”). It is also possible that Silva Hambardzumyan will announce that she gave a bribe to Marutyan. But politics aside. As a person who uses Yerevan’s public transport, it does not matter to me whether Marutyan is from the Civil Contract, the ARF, or the reorganized Hunchaks. I need to stand in the transport in full stature and not in the form of a “chess horse.” I need to have a place to breathe when I get up, and when I get off I do not have to “pave the way for the driver” to pay the fare, but to buy a single “permanent” somewhere for all modes of transport (including the subway) and so on. I do not think about the fare. I dream that after a quarter of a century, Yerevan will finally be able to put the new metro station in Ajapnyak into operation.
If all this happens, as well as other, more important issues of concern to the people of Yerevan, I will understand the residents of the capital who will vote for Hayk Marutyan in the mayoral election, regardless of which party list he will be nominated by. I have already had the opportunity to say that the logic of the community and national elections is different.
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