ArmInfo. As a rule, criticism of certain political figures, various actions of the authorities always has a basis and connection with objective reality. The whole question is in the critics' personalities. Independent analyst Saro Saroyan expressed a similar opinion to ArmInfo.
"The problem arises for citizens who do not perceive the ''former authorities''. It is one thing when those who criticize the government did not have state levers in the past and are newcomers to the political field, and it's quite another thing when the authorities are criticized by people who once being in power, demonstrated the same or even worse qualities than their successors today. Accordingly, criticism voiced by such people is very vulnerable and does not depend on the degree of its objectivity, "he said.
As an example, Saroyan cited rather sharp criticism by the former NSS Director Artur Vanetsyan against his former boss Nikol Pashinyan, through which Vanetsyan is trying to squeeze into the political struggle. According to him, in no normal state the switch of the head of special services into deep opposition and the struggle against power can be perceived positively by society. First of all, due to the fact that in regime states, special services always play the role of batons and possess information - incriminating evidence that can fulfill this role today. "Vanetsyan carries out obvious fight against the government. And this takes place against the backdrop of the society's conviction that the special services served the interests of external forces and not the interests of the state.
Even while being director of the National Security Service Vanetsyan was apparently constrained by external influence. And I do not think that this influence disappeared after his resignation. People like Vanetsyan are usually very vulnerable, and for this very reason they should stay away from politics as far as possible, "the analyst said.
Being convinced that the former authorities had a clear plan to overthrow the successors, Saroyan noted that the political struggle involves achieving ownership of state and administrative resources. And even today, Serzh Sargsyan's son-in-law Mikael Minasyan continues to enjoy the influence due to his former privileged position in Armenia. First of all, it allowed him to concentrate control over 80% of the Armenian media in his own hands. According to the analyst, Minasyan has concentrated all these levers today in the struggle against power with the goal of overthrowing it.