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PRIME MINISTER DEFENDS HIMSELF FROM KOCHARYAN
HAKOB BADALYAN
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/comments25697.html
Published: 16:17:22 - 04/04/2012
There is an interesting episode in Tigran Sargsyan's interview with
the Russian Kommersant where the reporter asks him about Putin and
Saint Petersburg association, reminding that Tigran Sargsyan also
studies in Saint Petersburg.
"I am proud to have studied in Petersburg for seven years, it is my
second home town. I have a lot of friends there. Most of them have
advanced in their careers seriously. They are in politics, hold high
positions. It is evidence that our Petersburg school is powerful,"
Tigran Sargsyan said.
There is a clear hint in his answer at the Armenian government. In
fact, Tigran Sargsyan actually hints that he is part of the so-called
"saint petersburg clan" which is in the Russian government now.
The prime minister is trying to convey to the groups in the government
who are in his back and how strong he is as a representative of the
economic school of Saint Petersburg.
Tigran Sargsyan knows about the effect of Putin's name on the ruling
system in Armenia and he imagines that associations with his name can
impart someone with power in the government, at least psychologically.
At present, the prime minister needs this influence because he has
appeared in a complicated situation. On the one hand, it was announced
that he took up the mission of making the pre-election program of
the Republican Party and presenting it to the public while, on the
other hand, it is clear that with his pre-election influence in
the government he does not have the possibility of supporting this
responsibility. In this case, the risk of becoming a scapegoat is
big together with all the ensuing consequences.
Tigran Sargsyan cannot decline responsibility and perhaps he needs
to go all the way through and try to support his responsibility by
increasing his own importance in the government. In this issue,
Putin's name will be a rather weighty factor. Tigran Sargsyan is
trying to use this factor. The attitude of this "factor" to this
manipulation is not clear though.
On the whole, Putin will hardly be against this situation when
different segments of the government in Armenia use his name trying
to settle issues with one another. They try to gain influence on
one another.
In normal countries, normal governments and political systems, the
main factor of influence is public support and the one who has more
public support has more public influence.
However, the Armenian government system is different where one has
more influence if he has heard and seen Putin, Sarkozy, Obama. Thereby
they are trying to gain support because for a significant part of
the society these "factors" are influential, the society measures the
weight of the government by the degree of its relationship with the
one who is stronger, the powerful of the world, being close or far
because such is the public system of values in life, you are strong
not by your right and by the law but by your connections among the
strongest, officials or rich people.
As to the internecine situation, Tigran Sargsyan may need to
"manipulate" Putin's factor because in the government Tigran Sargsyan
gets most criticism from Kocharyan and his entourage manipulating
Putin's "factor". Moreover, the press often rumors the aspirations
of Kocharyan and his entourage to the post of prime minister rather
than the post of president.
Most probably, Tigran Sargsyan is trying to protect himself from the
criticism of Kocharyan and his entourage with their own weapon.
From: Baghdasarian
HAKOB BADALYAN
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/comments25697.html
Published: 16:17:22 - 04/04/2012
There is an interesting episode in Tigran Sargsyan's interview with
the Russian Kommersant where the reporter asks him about Putin and
Saint Petersburg association, reminding that Tigran Sargsyan also
studies in Saint Petersburg.
"I am proud to have studied in Petersburg for seven years, it is my
second home town. I have a lot of friends there. Most of them have
advanced in their careers seriously. They are in politics, hold high
positions. It is evidence that our Petersburg school is powerful,"
Tigran Sargsyan said.
There is a clear hint in his answer at the Armenian government. In
fact, Tigran Sargsyan actually hints that he is part of the so-called
"saint petersburg clan" which is in the Russian government now.
The prime minister is trying to convey to the groups in the government
who are in his back and how strong he is as a representative of the
economic school of Saint Petersburg.
Tigran Sargsyan knows about the effect of Putin's name on the ruling
system in Armenia and he imagines that associations with his name can
impart someone with power in the government, at least psychologically.
At present, the prime minister needs this influence because he has
appeared in a complicated situation. On the one hand, it was announced
that he took up the mission of making the pre-election program of
the Republican Party and presenting it to the public while, on the
other hand, it is clear that with his pre-election influence in
the government he does not have the possibility of supporting this
responsibility. In this case, the risk of becoming a scapegoat is
big together with all the ensuing consequences.
Tigran Sargsyan cannot decline responsibility and perhaps he needs
to go all the way through and try to support his responsibility by
increasing his own importance in the government. In this issue,
Putin's name will be a rather weighty factor. Tigran Sargsyan is
trying to use this factor. The attitude of this "factor" to this
manipulation is not clear though.
On the whole, Putin will hardly be against this situation when
different segments of the government in Armenia use his name trying
to settle issues with one another. They try to gain influence on
one another.
In normal countries, normal governments and political systems, the
main factor of influence is public support and the one who has more
public support has more public influence.
However, the Armenian government system is different where one has
more influence if he has heard and seen Putin, Sarkozy, Obama. Thereby
they are trying to gain support because for a significant part of
the society these "factors" are influential, the society measures the
weight of the government by the degree of its relationship with the
one who is stronger, the powerful of the world, being close or far
because such is the public system of values in life, you are strong
not by your right and by the law but by your connections among the
strongest, officials or rich people.
As to the internecine situation, Tigran Sargsyan may need to
"manipulate" Putin's factor because in the government Tigran Sargsyan
gets most criticism from Kocharyan and his entourage manipulating
Putin's "factor". Moreover, the press often rumors the aspirations
of Kocharyan and his entourage to the post of prime minister rather
than the post of president.
Most probably, Tigran Sargsyan is trying to protect himself from the
criticism of Kocharyan and his entourage with their own weapon.
From: Baghdasarian