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ARMENIA NEEDS 20 YEARS TO BECOME FULLY-FLEDGED CIVIL SOCIETY - POLITICAL ENGINEER
20:46 26.07.13
Armenia's civil society is in embryo, the political engineer Karen
Kocharyan told Tert.am.
Armenia needs at least 20 years to declare itself a fully-fledged
civil society.
"If course, what happened during the last six days [protests at fare
rise] will prove to be a precedent for further steps toward a society
that will be formed in 20 years provided everything is all right,"
Kocharyan said.
"When the generation that has been in the streets for the last six
days turns thirty-five or forty, they will be decision-makers in the
country and can be considered fully-fledged people," the expert said.
Kocharyan does not consider the protesters' triumph tangible.
"They can neither solve the Covered Market problem nor the gas
problem. People will feel this November. This is a small achievement.
If oligarchs settle issues in this country and are route owners,
it is too little," he said.
In any case, the authorities will draw a lesson and have to take the
public into account. However, it does not mean they will listen to
the public on every occasion.
"Otherwise, there would not be sugar and other monopolies," Kocharyan
said.
Armenian News - Tert.am
20:46 26.07.13
Armenia's civil society is in embryo, the political engineer Karen
Kocharyan told Tert.am.
Armenia needs at least 20 years to declare itself a fully-fledged
civil society.
"If course, what happened during the last six days [protests at fare
rise] will prove to be a precedent for further steps toward a society
that will be formed in 20 years provided everything is all right,"
Kocharyan said.
"When the generation that has been in the streets for the last six
days turns thirty-five or forty, they will be decision-makers in the
country and can be considered fully-fledged people," the expert said.
Kocharyan does not consider the protesters' triumph tangible.
"They can neither solve the Covered Market problem nor the gas
problem. People will feel this November. This is a small achievement.
If oligarchs settle issues in this country and are route owners,
it is too little," he said.
In any case, the authorities will draw a lesson and have to take the
public into account. However, it does not mean they will listen to
the public on every occasion.
"Otherwise, there would not be sugar and other monopolies," Kocharyan
said.
Armenian News - Tert.am