ArmInfo. The head of the Armenian government Nikol Pashinyan uses the "not a single quiet day" tactic in his steps. This is what member of the Alternative Projects Group Vahe Hovhannisyan writes in his article.
The political scientist recalled the prime minister's attacks on the Armenian Apostolic Church and its leader, Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II. Now the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Vardan Oskanyan and former President of the Republic of Armenia Robert Kocharyan have become the target of attacks from the head of state. "He says whatever he wants, without the minimum norm of etiquette, continuing to be the same person he was seven years ago. If he needed to, he could easily choose another target, say, a hypothetical Henrikh Mkhitaryan. With the same enthusiasm, he could address the former midfielder of the Armenian national team with expressions like "Who is he? A footballer below average level, let the investigator find out how many goals he didn't score, how many bad passes he made, a person who doesn't understand anything about football, what is he doing in Italy, his father is actually a Russian spy, since he played during the Soviet Union," the political scientist noted.
He added that the prime minister could have expressed all this. "What would have happened next? A group of 5-6 members of the ruling Civil Contract party, in a state of human default, would have immediately supported him, and a couple of ministers would have pointed out that the Prime Minister was thus raising the issue of reforms in the sports sector. And, on the contrary, a sharply negative reaction would have followed from several normal, adequate people, like how is this possible, that he is "using all of us." The reaction of normal people to all these manifestations is also unchanged, therefore equally ineffective. Then life would have continued in the same spirit, until the next subject of criticism, with other names and other topics. And we simply do not have the will to change the scenario and the content of the answers every time. It is impossible to fix Nikol. Moreover, when you say that this is an outrage, he responds by declaring that he received a vote of confidence from the people in 2021. In order for this vulgar scenario not to be repeated endlessly, changes are needed in our work, perception, management and rhetoric," the political scientist believes.
He recalled that for the past six months, the same topic has been discussed in political circles that Nikol Pashinyan's rating is very low, and under these conditions he has no chance of being elected. "This is true, but I have warned and warn everyone that Nikol draws one conclusion from this: to change the conditions, including all illegal and ugly actions: arrests, discreditation, initiation of cases, slander, everything. Rumors are spreading in the press that they want to initiate criminal cases against a group of deputies, they are constantly being followed, recorded, filmed, etc. Of course, they can do this, but one thing is obvious to everyone: Nikol is strong only because his opponents are weak. In order to break the seven-year scenario, the content of the struggle of the rejecting society must undergo radical changes. The general public, we have all become a society consuming mental garbage, which cannot get out of this nightmare. Society must be given new content, a new dream, if you like. The organizational content and structure of the struggle must be radically changed. And this is quite possible," Vahe Hovhannisyan believes.