A Step in the Right Direction
Editorial
July 4, 2012 12:57
Regardless of whether Ruben Hayrapetyan has resigned the office on
his own initiative or the President of the Republic of Armenia urged
him, it is certainly a step in the right direction. Certainly, at the
end of the day, it is not that important for Vahe Avetyan, his family
and relatives. However, we should try to analyze political and social
implications of that step.
It is clear that with resignation of one MP, oligarchy or as
oppositionists say, criminal-oligarchic system will not be destroyed.
However, many of us can assume from today that this system will not
exist for ever, because one of the oligarchs – at least at the level
of a statement – has given up the thesis `no one can stop us, we will
do whatever we like,’ which is the most important principle of his
class, one can say, the pillar. Although many people will say now that
Mr. Hayrapetyan is not honest, that it is a game etc., but tomorrow
the same people will put forward this move of the oligarch as a
precedent, as an example, if any oligarch or his inferior continues to
act in the framework of the above-mentioned permissiveness. Let us
remember what cruelties have been committed in the period of
independent Armenia by officials, the powers that be and their
inferiors. Have you ever heard a word of regret – even insincere? No,
because it was perceived as a sign of their and their system’s
weakness and for that very reason they publicly denied their even
moral connection to a certain evil deed and naturally, didn’t want to
take any responsibility and would say `off the record’ that `good for
us, we did the right thing, he deserved it.’
Perhaps political forces or NGOs will attribute this move of Mr.
Hayrapetyan to their smart work style or accurate calculations. In
reality, it seemed that the influence of those institutions couldn’t
be sensed. However, the government has probably sensed the legitimate
outrage of citizens beyond those institutions and has taken it into
account.
I am not inclined to enjoy any social phenomenon. Now I am not
particularly excited, first and foremost, because I don’t know how the
hardest social and economic problems facing our country will be
solved. Our citizens are first of all concerned about that and frankly
speaking, I don’t see any sign of progress there yet. However, it is
obvious from now on that we have a chance to live in a kinder, more
moral and more tolerant atmosphere. Perhaps, it will have a certain
impact on the economic condition too.
ARAM ABRAHAMYAN
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
