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Power of Republicans Is Shrinking Gradually
After the election Serzh Sargsyan announced that the government has
successfully organized three important electoral campaigns. He meant
the lack of unpredictable turns during elections which would burden
Serzh Sargsyan with responsibility for death of people, which is a
success indeed. However, all these elections marked the beginning of
the end of the RPA, and it is already obvious that in the upcoming 5
years this party will be losing power.
It has already lost its social platform. The presidential election
demonstrated that the main weapon of the RPA - intimidation - is not
operable any more. Ten big towns and hundreds of villages, including
Gyumri, voted not for the Republican candidate. They demonstrated that
they are not afraid of sanctions. They have nothing to lose but in
addition to this the power of Republicans does not get to the
capillaries.
The election of the Council of Elders made this more vivid. Only half
of the people of Yerevan voted, and half of them voted for the RPA.
One quarter of the voters of Yerevan voted for the Republicans.
Three or four years ago the power of Republicans spread through the
entire vascular system of the citizen of Armenia. There was a way of
pressure on everyone - some people ran businesses, others were public
servants, someone's son was in the army. Now the power of Republicans
covers a handful of people. First, the government has stopped
`feeding' everyone and has limited itself to a small circle of people.
Second, as the chief of police Vova Gasparyan put it, they are not
paid so much as to control every citizen.
For the time being, this narrow circle supports the operation of the
electoral machine. However, it is already hard to operate it. An
example is the village of Martz where people rolled the pipes brought
there to build a water power plant into the gorge. Notably, the
government did not punish those people and did not use sanctions
against them because its power does not cover them.
Armenia has been divided to two unequal parts: people who still obey
the ruling group and the majority which no longer is fed by the system
of blood vessels. The marginal government has to take into account
those who have got out of their control. It knows that each decision
it makes will run into powerful resistance. Most decisions are not
accepted due to this.
It is not visible because people, as a rule, notice unlawful decisions
which are enforced despite public opinion. For example, the covered
market reconstruction. However, nobody can count how many more
decisions were not made because the government was sure that the
society would rebel.
One thing is obvious that the vascular system has failed. The body has
found other sources of blood and does not depend on the government.
Naira Hayrumyan
15:25 11/05/2013
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index.php/eng/0/comments/view/29854
After the election Serzh Sargsyan announced that the government has
successfully organized three important electoral campaigns. He meant
the lack of unpredictable turns during elections which would burden
Serzh Sargsyan with responsibility for death of people, which is a
success indeed. However, all these elections marked the beginning of
the end of the RPA, and it is already obvious that in the upcoming 5
years this party will be losing power.
It has already lost its social platform. The presidential election
demonstrated that the main weapon of the RPA - intimidation - is not
operable any more. Ten big towns and hundreds of villages, including
Gyumri, voted not for the Republican candidate. They demonstrated that
they are not afraid of sanctions. They have nothing to lose but in
addition to this the power of Republicans does not get to the
capillaries.
The election of the Council of Elders made this more vivid. Only half
of the people of Yerevan voted, and half of them voted for the RPA.
One quarter of the voters of Yerevan voted for the Republicans.
Three or four years ago the power of Republicans spread through the
entire vascular system of the citizen of Armenia. There was a way of
pressure on everyone - some people ran businesses, others were public
servants, someone's son was in the army. Now the power of Republicans
covers a handful of people. First, the government has stopped
`feeding' everyone and has limited itself to a small circle of people.
Second, as the chief of police Vova Gasparyan put it, they are not
paid so much as to control every citizen.
For the time being, this narrow circle supports the operation of the
electoral machine. However, it is already hard to operate it. An
example is the village of Martz where people rolled the pipes brought
there to build a water power plant into the gorge. Notably, the
government did not punish those people and did not use sanctions
against them because its power does not cover them.
Armenia has been divided to two unequal parts: people who still obey
the ruling group and the majority which no longer is fed by the system
of blood vessels. The marginal government has to take into account
those who have got out of their control. It knows that each decision
it makes will run into powerful resistance. Most decisions are not
accepted due to this.
It is not visible because people, as a rule, notice unlawful decisions
which are enforced despite public opinion. For example, the covered
market reconstruction. However, nobody can count how many more
decisions were not made because the government was sure that the
society would rebel.
One thing is obvious that the vascular system has failed. The body has
found other sources of blood and does not depend on the government.
Naira Hayrumyan
15:25 11/05/2013
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index.php/eng/0/comments/view/29854