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WHY THEY WANT TO SUFFER
Hayk Aramyan
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/comments25466.html
Published: 11:32:22 - 16/03/2012
The Armenian media reported that the ex-speaker Hovik Abrahamyan
and his brother Jonik Abrahamyan will not run for the upcoming
parliamentary elections. It has been reported that the clans
of Abrahamyans, Gas Hovo and ex-chief of police Alik Sargsyan are
rivaling in Ararat region, and a decision was made not to offend
anyone and send Hovik Abrahamyan's sister to parliament.
The same situation is in the other Armenian regions. At the same time,
the whole mechanism of formation of government in Armenia is based on
this approach. Armenia has been divided into clans since a long time,
and each zone has its lord. The laws and constitution do not operate
in these areas. Instead, the clans supervise the government's assets
and economic and political opportunities, mobilizing the financial,
criminal and other resources and holding "elections".
The clans which had been "discredited" in the pre-election period
return prior to the next election. In order to have more space and
less confusion, the government has been divided into three parties.
Now, one can just join one of the coalition parties instead of
leaving Armenia.
This situation repeats in this parliamentary election. The ruling
coalition once again relies on the realities, trying to be majority
in the next parliament.
This state of things will do a lot of harm to the opposition initiative
to replace the mixed scheme of elections with 100% proportional
representation which was vetoed by the ruling coalition.
The next parliament will be based on the principle of obligations and
services to the ruling parties, the obligation to ensure the necessary
amount of votes to ensure re-election. The result will be another
"parliament of brotherhood" where only the quantity is important.
Hence, it is clear why a number of nicknamed people are not allowed to
the parliament while promoting someone's sister, friend or else. What
is the point of bothering and using so much "brains"?
From: A. Papazian
Hayk Aramyan
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/comments25466.html
Published: 11:32:22 - 16/03/2012
The Armenian media reported that the ex-speaker Hovik Abrahamyan
and his brother Jonik Abrahamyan will not run for the upcoming
parliamentary elections. It has been reported that the clans
of Abrahamyans, Gas Hovo and ex-chief of police Alik Sargsyan are
rivaling in Ararat region, and a decision was made not to offend
anyone and send Hovik Abrahamyan's sister to parliament.
The same situation is in the other Armenian regions. At the same time,
the whole mechanism of formation of government in Armenia is based on
this approach. Armenia has been divided into clans since a long time,
and each zone has its lord. The laws and constitution do not operate
in these areas. Instead, the clans supervise the government's assets
and economic and political opportunities, mobilizing the financial,
criminal and other resources and holding "elections".
The clans which had been "discredited" in the pre-election period
return prior to the next election. In order to have more space and
less confusion, the government has been divided into three parties.
Now, one can just join one of the coalition parties instead of
leaving Armenia.
This situation repeats in this parliamentary election. The ruling
coalition once again relies on the realities, trying to be majority
in the next parliament.
This state of things will do a lot of harm to the opposition initiative
to replace the mixed scheme of elections with 100% proportional
representation which was vetoed by the ruling coalition.
The next parliament will be based on the principle of obligations and
services to the ruling parties, the obligation to ensure the necessary
amount of votes to ensure re-election. The result will be another
"parliament of brotherhood" where only the quantity is important.
Hence, it is clear why a number of nicknamed people are not allowed to
the parliament while promoting someone's sister, friend or else. What
is the point of bothering and using so much "brains"?
From: A. Papazian