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    POLITICAL ELITE IS SHOCKED

    Lragir.am
    26 May 06


    The statement of Garnik Isagulyan, the adviser to the President of
    Armenia, that Robert Kocharyan is unlikely to run for the third term
    and is reluctant to take up the post of prime minister, is apparently
    the second significant event in the ruling elite of Armenia after the
    resignation of Arthur Baghdasaryan.

    The burning question of the day is what is going on with the
    leadership of Armenia. This does not appear to be just a question
    after a scrutiny of this information psychosis, following the
    processes inside the authorities. Even one can see with the naked eye
    that the influential figures in the leadership, the mass media that
    work on them and `political scientists' keep trumpeting one single
    thing until their voice goes harsh: nothing has changed and nothing
    can change in Armenia. However, since changes in the political life
    of the country occur every day, it is more often confirmed that what
    happened was due to the influential figures in power.

    There are no more fools in Armenia. If they keep talking about the
    `eternal peace,' it means that the peace has been troubled. The rest
    is simply an effort to stop the time and keep the state of things
    unchanged. Since thisstate of things is related with the interests of
    all citizens, it would be interesting to understand why all these
    efforts resemble a psychosis and how the leadership tries to sustain
    the shattered order.

    In this context, one has to admit that this collapse of the Armenian
    government camp would not be without a serious cause. And the main
    cause is, in our opinion, the inconsistency of the political abilities
    of the influential figures in power and the key members of the
    government camp with the new political realities. The leadership does
    not know how to behave. In fact, coercion and trade have become the
    only means of holding power. The leadership has nothing to tell or
    offer to the public. In other words, the present elite lacks political
    tools.

    On the other hand, there is another key cause: certain political
    forces are beginning to use more effective political technologies. The
    influence of these technologies on the political system is starting to
    break the order in Armenia. In fact, one may state today that all the
    links of power are shocked by the feeling that they are powerless in
    this new reality. This state of shock is already apparent in public
    speeches and opinions in press.

    The apologetics of the existing order is amazing. Hence, its first
    apologetist Hmayak Hovanisyan would not stop asserting that there is
    no remedy to this order, for it is so immoral and corrupt that nothing
    can change it.

    Subsequently, they suggest admitting it and legalizing the existing
    reality. In addition, Hmayak cannot explain why they start talking so
    much about it when, according to him, nothing could trouble the
    leadership.

    Hence, the leadership would even agree to be called criminal and
    malefactor not to let anyone think that it cannot sustain itself. In
    fact, the newspapers and `political scientists' are paid to inspire
    the public (and, more importantly, the members of the camp too) that
    nothing can trouble the government and there is nothing they can do
    but to admit.

    The effect is amazing. The panic-stricken leadership starts taking off
    its mask, believing deeply in the efficacy of this technology. Many
    start believing seriously that power can be held by open crimes only,
    which means that serious deconstruction is coming up in Armenia. This
    will produce a natural effect: the members of the government camp will
    try the fruits of terror. The businessmen-members of parliament have
    already experienced this. Their mandates turned from a `roof' into a
    tool of enslaving in the handsof the persons who had given out these
    mandates. Then the corps of electoral fraud will come.

    The last will be the law enforcement agencies, for their patience is
    wearing thin.

    Hence, everything is in the hands of a new political pole, which will
    be ready to take up power in Armenia. The present government has run
    out of resource. They are merely trying to stop the time, as
    `clutchers at straws.' Robert Kocharyan has perhaps realized this,
    letting everyone know that he can seea better future for himself than
    the Armenian actualities. His brothers-in-arms would not believe it,
    and they even feared publishing Robert Kocharyan's remarks performed
    by Garnik Isagulyan. It means they also feel that the time of the
    elite has expired in Armenia. They simply do not know what to do. The
    new ones will show them what to do.

    MELIK AVANYAN
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