WHY SHOULD AGHVAN HOVSEPYAN BE DISMISSED?
Hakob Badalyan
Lragir.am
06 June 06
There is a good old tradition in Armenia: whatever they do in Russia
is good, and the same should be done here. This tradition is so
good that it has been shifted to a government level. The reason is
clear: since the Russian tsar was an object cult and the image of
salvation for the Armenian people, the Armenian “tsars” think that
their people would like them to imitate this cult. And I am waiting
with fear that after the removal of the Attorney General of Russia
Robert Kocharyan may decide to dismiss our Attorney General. This may
have dramatic consequences, however. In Armenia the Attorney General
is a political post (otherwise why should Aghvan Hovsepyan set up a
political party and announce about it publicly), and the dismissal of
the Attorney General may lead to another political shake-up. Already
a great number of people are relying on the political party named
“Unification for Armenia”.
And even if law enforcement did not suffer much from the removal of
the Attorney General, politics would surely do. It is not right
to create an artificial demand for party members, for it may
lead to an artificial growth of prices and will simply dissolve
the market. It will lead to an artificial monopolization on the
political market, which will seem very effective at first but
will go on to pose a threat, since it may be unable to supply the
demand for politicization of the society. The problem is not merely
politicization, however. Moreover, politics must be considered in the
end. In the beginning we should think about millions of trees, hundreds
of thousands of dancers, letters, unity and other meta-national
things. What will happen to the organization of our public life if
the head of the Office of Attorney General NGO is replaced?
The society wants guarantees that the new Attorney General will
also like trees, dances, letters and so on. Then the old one can be
changed. However, considering that besides a political society we
are also building a society of law, we have to explain why Aghvan
Hovsepyan should be dismissed. Several days ago he was shown on
different channels, and it reassured me about our nature and culture,
because the face of the Attorney General was calm and he goes on with
his work confidently. We may say, of course, that it is not his job,
that his job is to reveal crimes, that his duty is to struggle for
lawfulness and uproot corruption. But have you ever heard Aghvan
Hovsepyan say that these are not his duties? No, these are his duties
but let the one who does his job in this country cast the first tree on
him. If nobody, public officials are meant, does their job, why should
the Attorney General act as a white crow and fulfill his duties. And
it is almost certain that the other officials do not mind their own
business, otherwise Aghvan Hovsepyan would have bidden farewell to
his office long ago.
In the meantime, it is unacceptable to raise the issue of dismissal of
Aghvan Hovsepyan. Moreover, it is necessary to thank him, for unlike
other officials who do not do their duties Aghvan Hovsepyan does not
idle about and plants trees, holds dances, and looks for other ways
of bringing the nation together. The generations that will come will
read about the dance around the mountain with envy. They will feel
jealous of their grandfathers, who danced hand in hand, they will
also feel jealous of Mount Aragats, which saw that dance.
Furniture makers will make 3 million prayers to God to give longevity
to the Attorney General to plant more trees, because the demand for
furniture grows along the two-digit economic growth. They will even
be ready to transfer shares to the Attorney General, considering the
trees planted by him as a capital investment. It is beyond doubt
that the Attorney General is busy doing useful and patriotic work
in every aspect, and it is also beyond doubt that Aghvan Hovsepyan
does what environmentalists and intelligentsia should be doing. And
we should be grateful that the Attorney General is doing someone
else’s job. It would even be worthwhile to erect his statue during
his life-time anywhere he would like if Aghvan Hovsepyan told who
could do the job of the Attorney General. If he told, his public
activities would be complete and deserving praise. However, since
he declines to tell, even the best work remains unfinished, as it
usually happens in Armenia. Therefore, I feel reassured that the
Attorney General will not be deposed, for even the top leadership in
Armenia is used to working badly, and the Attorney General will go on
“uniting the society for the sake of Armenia.”
Whereas Ustinov was not so wise as to realize that he should have
occupied himself with others’ job, or Putin was not romantic enough
and dismissed the Attorney General, who did not work well. But what
if they dismiss those who do their work badly?