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    LET'S ADMIT BUT NOT THE REALITY
    Hakob Badalyan

    Lragir.am
    01 May 06

    It is clearly set down in the Constitution of the Republic of Armenia
    that power in this country belongs to people. It means when an Armenian
    public official "barters" with Russia, or negotiates for "barter",
    he should keep in his mind that he is merely a person who has been
    authorized by people. Certainly, no one even suggests that our public
    officials ever remember that they are accountable. Not only they forget
    about this before signing important deals, but also they decline to
    give any explanations later. Hence, the news released by World Bank
    Armenia Country Director Roger Robinson on April 28 that next week
    the government of Armenia will hold public debates to elucidate the
    deal on the Thermal Power Plant of Hrazdan is astonishing.

    Finally. Finally they decided to report to the society on what they
    did, how and why. We already know via who. He announced that they
    would tell more details about the deal and we would become convinced
    that they did everything properly. He announced, and now they have
    decided to tell. Thanks, but to Roger Robinson that he told us about
    the intention of the government. Robinson will tell our government that
    we are grateful, because the society and the government in Armenia
    contact via the officers of international organizations, namely
    Robinson. And there is sufficient reason to say so. For instance,
    it is difficult to understand why the society should learn about the
    public debates that the government will hold from Robinson, who has
    many other things to do in Armenia, and not the same government, which
    has press and other services. We do not want to enquire in return for
    what Robinson carries out the duties of an agent or what he demands
    from the government in return for this service. It is not our concern,
    our concern is our government, which is, in fact, reluctant to contact
    with the citizens, although he lives on the direct taxes that they pay.

    And the reason of these words is not just the information about the
    public hearings, although it is already sufficient reason. Besides,
    Roger Robinson also announced that judging by the information
    provided by the government, the deal on the fifth generating unit of
    the Thermal Power Plant of Hrazdan was profitable for Armenia. The
    World Bank Armenia Country Director announced that when the citizens
    of Armenia learn what he had been told, they will become convinced
    that it was a good deal.

    Let us not assess the deal now, for there will be enough opportunities
    to do this over the year or may be even the decade. At the moment,
    in fact, it does not matter much if the deal was good or bad. It is
    important and utterly important, that, in fact, the officer of an
    international organization, let it be an authoritative one, learns
    about the deal on the fifth generating unit before the society.

    Does it mean that for the authorities of Armenia the international
    officer is more important than the citizens who form these authorities,
    at least formally. This formality might be the reason why the
    government did not consider giving explanations to the society, whereas
    they gave a detailed account to the World Bank Country Director. In
    other words, the government, in fact, is accountable to international
    organizations rather than the citizens.

    There is no need to be astonished. After all, long ago did money
    become the indicator of power and the determiner of thinking for the
    ruling elite, whereas the society does not have money, at least it
    does not have as much as the World Bank or any other organization.

    The society does not have power either, therefore the conclusions
    of international organizations are based on the explanations of
    the government rather than public opinion. In other words, if the
    government says it is favorable, it means it is favorable, and it
    does not matter what the society thinks. The society is simply
    advised to admit the reality. Admitting the reality means doing
    nothing. Explanations become obsolete when the reality is admitted.

    Many sophisticated inventions have been made because man refused to
    admit the reality. After all, democracy is also based on defying the
    reality, and the same World Bank gives millions of dollars to the same
    government of Armenia for democratic reforms. Why do they defy the
    reality then and give the millions? Maybe these millions do facilitate
    admitting the reality. And finally, what is reality? Most probably
    it is time to give explanations, without any agents going between.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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