I must admit that I haven’t been following the Civil Contract (CP) party’s briefings and Q&A sessions lately. First of all—yes—I’m saving my nerves. Second, I already know by heart what they’re going to say. They’ve been repeating the same propaganda product for seven years now, with such self-confidence—or perhaps naïveté—that they seem to think its value won’t drop after being sold for the hundredth time.
But there’s also a third reason: what CP representatives say is no longer particularly interesting from an informational standpoint. The CP and its leader, no matter how desperately they cling to power through administrative levers and violence, are clearly heading toward their sunset. And in such a phase, their speeches simply lose relevance.
I believe the main reason for this political sunset is their continued reliance on the “tactics of hatred.”
Sure, one can come to power riding on the emotions of the crowd—coffins, bullying, slogans.
(That doesn’t negate the existence of positive aspects of the revolution, which I’ve discussed before.)
But relying on negative passions for seven years? That’s not just unsustainable—it’s a strategic miscalculation.
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Crowd emotions are not permanent.
On Sunday, the same crowd may shout “Hosanna!”
By Friday, they might cry “Crucify him!”
If this is how the masses treated God, then what can we expect for a mere adventurer оr a slanderer?
The real question is: what remains at the end—hatred, or love?
The CP chose hatred.
The target of that hatred has changed, but the tactics have not.
First, we were encouraged to hate “the former authorities.”
Then, it shifted to the Russians.
Eventually, that too grew stale and tiresome.
Now, since September 2023, they’ve found a new scapegoat: the people of Artsakh—those who were deprived of their homeland, homes, and property, largely due to the CP’s decisions.
But this, too, won’t work for long.
Let’s assume that after every official speech, every H1 program, and every social media post by their preachers, the feelings of 20–25% of the population—those still driven by resentment—intensify.
But it’s unlikely they can expand that number. The reservoir of haters has probably hit its natural limit.
So over time, these rhetorical salvos become blanks, with no bullets.
Of course, the CP will try to invent someone new to hate.
But the deeper problem is this: they never tell us what to love.
What are we supposed to admire, believe in, strive toward?
Khashlama?
A bicycle?
Aram ABRAHAMYAN
