Opposition protests seem to be going on with inertia. But it is already clear that sooner or later they will come to their logical end. The reasons have been talked about a lot. These include the influence of the “traditional” arguments of the government’s propaganda – “they are the former, it is a movement to save the robbery,” as well as the vocabulary and work style of the opposition, which frightens the thinking part of our society. For example, yesterday was Pashinyan’s birthday, and many of those with opposition views considered it their duty to make cynical remarks. This is a problem for our opposition, our government, our society. The human nature of a human being should not be offended, even if they are a failed leader of the state.
But the main reason for the failure of this street movement, of course, is that the main story of the opposition – “do not allow Pashinyan to sign a document that is very unfavorable for Armenia” – can not gather large masses today, it is not a topic of interest to the masses. By the way, if the Prime Minister went to the settlement proposed by the co-chairs in 2019, the situation would have been much better, of course, 4,000 young people would have survived, but the implementation of that settlement would have caused a great revolt and might have removed Pashinyan from office. And that’s why he decided not to risk his seat.
There is no revolt now, the way is free for a “peace treaty” and “demarcation.” I would not speak of “unblocking” with the same confidence, because many parties are interested in this issue, and the final decision, as far as I understand, has not been made yet, and the role of Yerevan and Baku there is probably secondary. What will happen after the signing of the “peace treaty”? I suppose that this will be followed by a certain increase in rally activity, after which it will also subside. There will be a period of apathy, despair and due to them, “intensification” of nihilism and cynicism.
But that will not end the history of the Armenian people and I hope the Armenian state as well. Passions for all the issues discussed today will sooner or later subside. After that, maybe the intellectual, social, political elite will start thinking that a state should be built on completely different foundations, based on mutual respect, compassion, trust, and sincere faith. I understand that sounds like a complete utopia today. But, on the other hand, I do not rule out the possibility that such a state will be built during my lifetime.
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Aram Abrahamyan
