How 550 or 600 became 727 thousand is still subject to long discussions and

Davit Ananyan, a member of the management board of the “Wings of Unity” party, writes on his Facebook page.

“Today, the CEC will announce the final results of the elections.

The opposition political forces seem to show unity, each with its own ideas, its own tactics and the extent of its political responsibility. We are also ready for any scenario of legal and political struggle starting today.

However, there is one thought that does not give rest all this time.

According to our estimation, the actual electoral base of the current government was around 550 thousand votes. Even with the maximum use of administrative, information and repressive resources, that number could hardly approach the threshold of 600 thousand. How 550 or 600 became 727 thousand will be a subject of long discussions and evaluations.

But, to be honest, I was always more concerned about those 550,000 during the entire pre-election campaign.

The 550,000 who, after six years of pandemic, war and post-war years, thousands of victims, the loss of Artsakh, national humiliation, the weakening of state institutions and the deepening division of society, continue to maintain their loyalty to the same political force.

This is no longer a matter of political preference.

This is a symptom of the crisis of values, the disruption of national self-awareness, the loss of origins and the renunciation of one’s own responsibility.

When a significant part of the society begins to come to terms with the unacceptable, learn to defeat, justify failures and lose the ability to distinguish between good and evil, dignity and humiliation, statehood and its imitation, the problem long ago ceases to be only the problem of the government.

At that moment, the problem becomes nationwide.

And here is perhaps the biggest concern.

Because those who wanted change, as it turns out, were not only few in number, but also often inferior in organization, persistence and belief in their own convictions.

What will happen next?

We will do what we have to do. We will fight where we have to fight. We will talk where we need to talk. We will not give up our responsibility and our mission.

But there is a limit, after which the political forces can no longer make decisions for the people.

Beyond that boundary is the people’s choice.

The step is yours, dear people.

Because, in the end, each nation gets not only the power it deserves, but also the future it is ready to fight for.”

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