Political scientist: In the conditions of absence of ideology and  worldview of authorities and opposition, Armenia exists by inertia

ArmInfo.The change of power in Armenia in 2018 was primarily due to the bankruptcy of the state's ideology. And later, all this together led to defeat in the 44-day  war in Artsakh. Political scientist Stepan Danielyan expressed this  opinion to ArmInfo.

"I think that I will not say anything new, stating that ideology  should always lie at the foundation of any policy. And if this very  ideology, which forms the world outlook, does not exist, then there  is no, and cannot be a priori, efficient political parties.  Accordingly, as a consequence, there can be no state with a  predictable future. In such conditions, the state can exist only by  inertia only in the absence of external threats, "he stressed.

Noting the fact of the continuation of the processes listed above,  the political scientist noted that as a result, Armenia is ruled by a  government completely devoid of ideology and, accordingly, worldview,  which is opposed by an opposition of the same ideological content. In  other words, the existence of both is inertial.

In this light, Danielyan stressed that in the absence of ideology  with all the attendant factors, the current government and the  opposition today are trying to substantiate the fact of their own  existence solely by fighting each other. In other words, they  continue to seek their own legitimacy in each other. And already  almost everyone in Armenia either understood or simply felt that the  political elite is only engaged in imitation of the political  struggle.

In this context, Danielyan is convinced that as a result of all this  "struggle" between the "former authorities" and the "current  authorities ", neither one nor the other has and cannot have a stable  electorate inside the country and sane reliable partners outside the  country. First of all, due to its own emptiness, lack of  predictability and, accordingly, understanding. In his opinion, all  this in the aggregate turns both those and others exclusively into an  instrument of short-term use by external forces.  

"And in conclusion, one more important circumstance - all these  disappointing realities are aggravated by another, very important  factor. Among other things, the ideology and worldview of political  parties is important in their internal organization, the formation of  motivation in internal party life, healthy interpersonal relations,  the formation based on justice, a clear charter. And only competition  between such political forces that offer their values, methods and  forms of organization to society can justify the fact of their very  existence," Danielyan summed up.