I will refrain from using the terms “consolidation” or “unification”.

Of course, there will be plenty of opportunities to discuss and announce opposition forces, to talk about the decision to unite efforts. This is a very important topic. An important initiative and an important topic, not only in the context of the Constitution, but also in general, political transformations in Armenia. This topic has always been in the center of my attention and will be more often.

About the actual event. Of course, I do not call, I do not urge, I do not suggest, but for me, for example, I will refrain from using the expressions “unification” or “unification”. I think they don’t value or make what happened more significant, but on the contrary, they over-pathetize (sorry for the new “word”), I would like to say, they add too much pathos and declarativeness to a political agreement, which will perhaps gain its importance, will be endowed with importance not by lofty formulations, but by substantive work.

It is the work to “determine” how big the “multiplicative” effect of combining efforts will be. As for work, I think everything is ahead and naturally requires coolness, a pragmatic and rational approach, starting from the ratio of opposition forces and the resource ratio with the government, to the most important thing: the precise definition and feeling of the public’s moods, and a public dialogue based on it.

It is important to note that the public is “informed” that combining efforts does not mean artificially abandoning one’s own approaches and, therefore, different ideas and disagreements, and also the artificial change of power is not declared among the goals.

These would perhaps be epitaphic declarations, but they are disconnected from the ground, reality, which is not only not necessary at present, but will only be disruptive.

Political analyst Hakob Badalyan

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