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CIVIL GARDEN
HAKOB BADALYAN
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/comments27068.html
Published: 12:33:51 - 08/08/2012
The U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern dwelt on the factor of
the civil society in Armenia in his video blog.
Everyone is focused on this factor. Some are amazed by the activeness
of the civil society, its success, others consider it useless work,
which is unable to change the system, some others consider all that
a governmental order and PR, there are other people who are just
indifferent then there are some others who treat this factor with
political jealousy.
No doubt a new plain has been formed in Armenia the seeds of which were
visible years ago, which has become a more or less stable environment
with systemic trends.
The main issue of the civil society is the formation of the civil
society itself which will be an alternative to the current political
system and will make it change and become more adequate to the civil
changes, or it will definitely separate the system from the society
creating a new one instead.
It is obvious that the political system in Armenia is unable to
respond to the social needs and demands of the population anymore. In
addition, the issue is not only about the formulated or visible needs
and claims. Perhaps, there are many other claims that the society has
not formulated yet, maybe, it has not even realized the existence of
those issues, but one of the elements of the viability of the modern
political system is to notice the unformulated yet important needs
and claims, the strategic priorities of the society and to engage in
the solution of all this.
The political system of Armenia has not been solving any issue in
Armenia since long, both in the governmental and oppositional fields.
So, it is up to the society to set up a new system able to solve its
issues. This system may be a civil, party-free system.
There is a nuance here.
We know that almost all the political forces have authoritarian or
totalitarian rule, there is no democratic order in the parties and
the staff is not considered decision makers but decision approvers.
Whoever disagrees with the decisions is declared a traitor,
conspirator etc.
While each party has honest members who think otherwise, who have
individualities and are not directed by party interests only, who
are out of the political dogmas established in the twenty years of
independence which worship individuals. But the authoritarian or
totalitarian atmosphere in the party represses them.
The civil system with its no-party essence may be the right environment
for those individuals who could express their personal, human and
creative qualities enhancing the efficiency of that resource of the
society, for the process of the change of the power and ensure the
formation of a new political field and atmosphere.
In this sense, the civil society may be the garden where the dying
resource in the party desert will grow.
HAKOB BADALYAN
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/comments27068.html
Published: 12:33:51 - 08/08/2012
The U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern dwelt on the factor of
the civil society in Armenia in his video blog.
Everyone is focused on this factor. Some are amazed by the activeness
of the civil society, its success, others consider it useless work,
which is unable to change the system, some others consider all that
a governmental order and PR, there are other people who are just
indifferent then there are some others who treat this factor with
political jealousy.
No doubt a new plain has been formed in Armenia the seeds of which were
visible years ago, which has become a more or less stable environment
with systemic trends.
The main issue of the civil society is the formation of the civil
society itself which will be an alternative to the current political
system and will make it change and become more adequate to the civil
changes, or it will definitely separate the system from the society
creating a new one instead.
It is obvious that the political system in Armenia is unable to
respond to the social needs and demands of the population anymore. In
addition, the issue is not only about the formulated or visible needs
and claims. Perhaps, there are many other claims that the society has
not formulated yet, maybe, it has not even realized the existence of
those issues, but one of the elements of the viability of the modern
political system is to notice the unformulated yet important needs
and claims, the strategic priorities of the society and to engage in
the solution of all this.
The political system of Armenia has not been solving any issue in
Armenia since long, both in the governmental and oppositional fields.
So, it is up to the society to set up a new system able to solve its
issues. This system may be a civil, party-free system.
There is a nuance here.
We know that almost all the political forces have authoritarian or
totalitarian rule, there is no democratic order in the parties and
the staff is not considered decision makers but decision approvers.
Whoever disagrees with the decisions is declared a traitor,
conspirator etc.
While each party has honest members who think otherwise, who have
individualities and are not directed by party interests only, who
are out of the political dogmas established in the twenty years of
independence which worship individuals. But the authoritarian or
totalitarian atmosphere in the party represses them.
The civil system with its no-party essence may be the right environment
for those individuals who could express their personal, human and
creative qualities enhancing the efficiency of that resource of the
society, for the process of the change of the power and ensure the
formation of a new political field and atmosphere.
In this sense, the civil society may be the garden where the dying
resource in the party desert will grow.