Today’s Armenia has found itself in an ideological impasse. The current government, represented by the Prime Minister, declares that they do not have “isms”, that is, they do not profess any ideology. During the elections of the new board of the “Civil Contract” (CP) party on June 14 of this year, he said:

“We are very often called liberal or centrist, but this is a misunderstanding, because we are a party that has rejected “isms”, because hardened ideologies no longer exist in the modern world. In the political sense, we are not liberal, we are not centrist, we are not social-democratic, we are a civil party. What does this mean in practice? This means that we put ourselves outside the ideological standards and form a new ideological dimension, which is based on 4 key pillars: statehood, citizenship, national identity, individuality.

The four “pillars” mentioned by the Prime Minister can be a support for the right, and the left, and the greens, and nationalists, even pacifists, depending on who interprets those “pillars”. Simply put, pointing to “pillars” still means nothing.

After last year’s change of power, political parties that have not even recovered or those that still show signs of life criticize the prime minister, saying that not having “isms” means not having a political line along which the government should move. There are also other opinions according to which the current government still has an “ism”, that is populism. Our goal is not to get involved in that dispute, but let’s try to understand whether political ideologies, even if not in a “hardened” form, have exhausted themselves or not.

If we look at the parties registered in the European Union, we will see that “isms” are present there.

• liberals. Alliance of Liberals and Democrats, European People’s Party,
• socialists. European Christian Political Movement, Party of European Socialists, Party of the European Left,
• greens. European Green Party,
• conservatives. Party of European Conservatives and Reformists, etc.

The list can be continued: there are centrists, nationalists, Eurosceptics and others.

By the way, CP party, having no ideology, cannot decide which union of European parties to become a partner.

Political ideologies are considered in two dimensions.

• how society should be organized
• how to achieve that goal.

As we have shown, social ideologies still exist in the modern world, moreover, not having an ideology, we are talking about Europe in particular, means not having ideological partners, which is problematic for Armenia. But this is a topic for another discussion.

In the new round of the Armenian political struggle, which is about to begin, the central debate will, as a matter of fact, be about the direction of the country’s development. How do we imagine the way society will be organized in Armenia in the future and what will be the way to achieve it, that is, what will be the plan of the future government, the ways of development, the road map? If the ruling party continues to adopt a political course of abandoning “isms”, then that debate will take place without its participation, however unusual such a situation may be.

A great step has been taken for the establishment of the Bar Institute in Armenia. About a hundred lawyers made their choice in favor of establishing an independent judicial system. They should be thanked.

It’s the turn of the judges. If the judges can also unite to protect their independence, it will be a huge step in establishing an independent judicial system.

Special thanks should be given to Nikol Pashinyan, who with his unprecedented anti-constitutional actions against the judicial system contributes to the establishment of the legal and judicial system. It is his only promise, for the fulfillment of which he takes concrete and consistent steps.

Thanks also to Gagik Jhangiryan and Vahe Grigoryan for blurring the halal-zulal separation of “black and white”, thanks to which people began to perceive life not in an emotional-instinctive way, but to judge by principles.