Monday, August 3 2020 13:08

ArmInfo. Robert Kocharyan has long lost his political shape, although he tries to create the impression that this is not the case. A member of the political  initiative , lawmaker of the Armenian  parliament Arman Babajanyan expressed a similar opinion to ArmInfo.

"Kocharyan is trying to demonstrate that he keeps an eye on the ball,  possesses information and is generally an active politician. However,  analyzing his own judgments and assessments, it is easy to understand  that in reality he is already extremely far from practical, real  politics and today acts exclusively as an observer ", - he stressed.

According to the lawmaker, the former president did not mention any  special considerations, ideas and thoughts in his latest interview.  According to Babajanyan, in the interviews there were already  well-known, standard, hackneyed formulations built on stereotypes, an  attempt at criticism, etc. Thus, the wording of the person who ruled  the country for 10 years was no different from the wording of the  average analyst or propagandist from Kocharyan's team.

On July 29, in an interview with "Yerkir Media", "5th Channel" and  "Second Armenian TV" TV companies, former President of Armenia Robert  Kocharyan criticized practically all directions of the current  authorities' policy. Assessing policy in the Artsakh issue, in  relation to Russia, as well as the social and economic situation in  the country as unsatisfactory the former president noted that "in the  current reality, the political situation in Armenia can change  dramatically."

Kocharyan, according to Babajanyan's estimates, is one of the leaders  whose every word works against him. When even the most simple,  indisputable truths, voiced by Kocharyan are projected for the years  of his presidency, these truths immediately begin to work against  him. "Today Armenia really feels the need for a strong opposition.  This is indisputable. But does a person, who during the years of his  presidency has consistently destroyed politics as a phenomenon in  general and opposition political parties in particular, have any  right to talk about this?" the lawmaker wondered.

Babajanyan is convinced of the reassessment of the level of public  support for all persons speaking in opposition today in Armenia. In  his opinion, such persons still think that money, which they have so  much, is enough for successful political activity. Meanwhile, this is  a deep delusion - money has only a technical, organizational value.  Success in politics requires ideas, thoughts, programs and, most  importantly, public support. All those who represent themselves as  opposition today, are completely devoid of this, including Kocharyan.

"Kocharyan and other representatives of former authorities continue  to be delusional based on objective reasons. During their term in  office, these people had everything except public legitimacy.  Kocharyan and Serzh Sargsyan simply do not know what public trust is  and what legitimacy is. Accordingly, all their judgments about the  current government and its prospects are based on this false start.  It is this deep delusion that led Kocharyan to such a detachment from  reality, which allows him to predict a change of power, endowed with  the trust of more than 70% of society. Yes, over the past 2 years  this indicator decreased, but it did not drop so much that the power  in the country could be changed in a few simple steps, "Babajanyan  concluded.