ACNIS reView #34, 2018:

After the “Velvet” revolution, the political division in the country was bound to explode sooner or later. That “explosion” took place on October 2, when the revolution clearly entered a decisive phase to finally complete and secure the victory achieved by the citizens through the upcoming extraordinary parliamentary elections.

The pseudo-political sign-parties that have seized power for more than a quarter of a century have found themselves in a disastrous situation. they simply faced reality, which they were no longer able to break and adapt to their goals. The extraordinary elections of the Yerevan Council of Elders completely deprived them of artificial illusions. If some people hoped to reap a political dividend and not be pushed to the sidelines by willingly or unwillingly expressing their support for the revolution, then after the extraordinary elections of the Council of Elders, they realized that they were badly mistaken in their calculations. They also understood that the eastern “bazaar” traders have nothing to give or take in the political field.

Some still really thought that they would be able to get “portfolios” again as a result of providing dirty services or making behind-the-scenes agreements, and stubbornly refused to realize that from now on the only one who decides the policy is the citizen with his vote.

As a result, the forces lacking political logic and the ability to act independently were orphaned for a moment, their hopes and expectations of finding a new owner were not justified, so they returned to the old owner like prodigal sons, with an attempt to amend the regulations and laws of the National Assembly on October 2.

But, as we have seen, the “self-defense” adventure of the short-sighted former electorate turned into “self-burial”. Nikol Pashinyan’s government was thus given the opportunity to get rid of the “ballast” and act much more freely and decisively, clearly outlining the next stages of the victory campaign of the revolution.

In a democratic state, politics is an open public process, and the forces of political atavism cannot ignore this simple truth and continue to try to influence the realities of the country with the old way of working. the people are fully in possession of all the mechanisms to counter it.

The realization of this seems to be beginning to enter the heads of some. Those standing in line to escape from the rocking boat of the Republican Party and the “Prosperous” allies suffering from the “change of position” and “Prosperity” who were in trouble finally realized that in reality they are not asking for permission to hold early elections, but they are simply announcing the urgent need for holding them and the most optimal dates, and they are only required to decide with what kind of losses they will achieve or not achieve early elections.

In essence, the tragic events of today’s parliament, which does not exist but is still on artificial respiration, reflect the level of futility of that body that performs a purely fictitious function. For a quarter of a century, that body was in fact the embodiment of kakistocracy, a platform for the supremacy of the untouchables and violation of the law.

The many futile attempts to raise groundless hysteria and noise about the legal process related to the dissolution of the parliament, and the exciting interviews after the failure of another unsuccessful deal and the morals spoken during them also prove that this sinister parliament is not a heavy stone (because it actually has no weight), but a rusty chain left from a heavy stone, which emits only an empty sound.

Marina Muradyan