SOCIETY NEEDS A DIALOGUE
- While L. Ter-Petrosyan seeks to maintain the tension
In the post-electoral period, especially during the past 2-3 months, our domestic policy agenda has developed into a long series of proposals and formats which are introduced in a consistent manner and rejected quite speedily.
The events develop in the following succession: the regular idea-proposal on a dialogue between the authorities and the opposition is advanced, some discussions begin, then some of the political figures and members of society become enthusiastic while others express moderate optimism and finally, the pan-national movement, on behalf of L. Ter-Petrosyan, publicizes its regular rejection. And everything returns to the same starting point.
Any attempt, proposal or format aimed at relaxing the tension is estimated by the self-declared “supreme body” as an imitation of a dialogue which immediately loses its sense without even starting.
Such was actually the fate of the necessary and useful idea of establishing a Public Chamber. Judging by all, the same prospect is in store for the proposal aimed at setting up an interim parliamentary committee conducting a comprehensive investigation of the March 1-2 events.
A question arises as to what causes this particular part of the opposition to demonstrate such self-confident persistence when the authorities do not absolutely isolate them from the political processes. On the contrary, the opposition is currently free to appear on the Public TV Channel and voice its opinion. Let alone the press, which grants the pro-opposition figures unlimited opportunities for conducting advocacy.
In the meantime, communications, meetings and discussions are periodically organized between society on the one hand and the representatives of the Government on the other. Beginning an active dialogue with the outstanding scholars, artists, public and political figures, the top figures of the Government are seeking optimal ways towards the solution of the complex problems faced by the country. All this testifies to the fact that they are ready for a dialogue both with the opposition and society.
Along with increasing the publicity of the government’s activities, the instructive posture of the opposition and its leader creates an obvious misbalance on the political arena. There appeared a person suffering from the complex of faultlessness and, like the “father of the nations”, knows everything in advance; therefore, he decides on his own that such initiative only brings harm to the country. With the help of several official and non-official evaders, Ter-Petrosyan currently advances the idea that the future dialogue may only be devoted to the selection of the method of ceding power.
What causes such intolerance and obvious maximalism when the international community and the observers who followed the recent elections formulated a different kind of task for initiating a dialogue between the authorities and the opposition? They hold the viewpoint that the presidential candidate who received 21 percent of votes should recognize the legitimacy of the authorities, and the authorities, in turn, are obliged to investigate the March 1-2 events, release the individuals detained for their political views etc.
It may seem to some people that the in-depth reason of such arrogant behavior is the expectation of a new wave of the “pan-national movement”, prior to which the opposition is speaking in the language of ultimatums. However, June 20 will arrive, and it will become obvious that the pro-Ter-Petrosyan team just wanted to extend its “mission” in the capacity of the opposition leader. And this is all.
As a matter of fact, all the attempts of the authorities towards improving the situation and extending the rights of the opposition receive a sharp counteraction by Ter-Petrosyan’s team for a very simple reason. The essence of the big political bluff skillfully orchestrated by Ter-Petrosyan and his political team was to bring the authorities face to face with unsolvable challenges by way of escalating the political tension to its zenith rather than seize power and gain an influential position in the country’s political life. Having achieved their objective, i.e. splitting and polarizing the political arena, Ter-Petrosyan and his political team are pursing one goal: to assert the fact of hostility and polarization and on their basis, bring Armenia face to face with the continuing pressure and increased internal instability.
Therefore, if there starts a serious political dialogue, the March 1-2 events are investigated, a Public Chamber is set up etc., Ter-Petrosyan and his team will be deprived of the opportunity of realizing their objectives dictated by external impulses and will find themselves in the status of people who are “politically unemployed”.
And because some individuals obviously need “significant instabilities” while our country and people are in need of a peaceful and prosperous life, the authorities should direct their attempts at initiating a dialogue with the public vs. the opposition and involve larger and larger groups of society in the process.
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