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IT IS NOT ONLY SOCIAL
March 5 2013
The government and the opposition, along with their supporters,
interpret the results of the election, given the purposes of their
propaganda. The opposition focuses on manifold and multifold flaws,
which, certainly, took place during this election, although the
same opposition hasn't put enough effort to legally define those
unlawful actions. And the government, on the other hand, says: "Well,
there are many social problems, there are also many discontents;
it ought to be so." Moreover, both sides "throw into action" their
inexperienced representatives from time to time, as a result of
which some misunderstandings arise. However, there is no serious,
thorough analysis of the current situation, since in our country,
what is called "political science" or "sociology" is actually
"attached" to this or that political force. By the way, as well
as the majority of the mass media. However, there are specialists
somewhere who don't root for anyone. I for one would be interested
to listen to their rational, unemotional - without love or hate -
explanations. And the most important issue that concerns me is whether
the problem is only social in the narrow sense of the word, related
to people's income and standard of living or not. Let's take the town
of Kajaran, for example. The level of unemployment is not high there;
people work at the plant, get their salaries, which many people even
in Yerevan would dream of. Why are people dissatisfied then? Now, here
is where one needs a sober analysis that employs social sciences and
not a barrage of curses or praises. I can only make a rough estimate
without scientific generalizations. My impression is that people
don't tolerate anymore and will tolerate less from now on when their
dignity is infringed. When, say, the same governor of Syunik behaves
arrogantly for years - one can say for decades - allows himself to
terrify, humiliate, and ignore people, the anger grows among citizens
and it finds its best, most restrained and civilized expression at the
ballot boxes. When such officials are not dismissed for years this
anger naturally spreads to those people who keep the given person
in office. A concrete example from our reality. A resident of Sisian
who had attended Bagratyan's rally expressed his "innermost" feelings
for the same governor to Aravot's camera. The next day that citizen
was forced to apologize for his "slip of the tongue" on the "official
channel" and state that the journalist had gotten him drunk. You think
it is easy for that person, his family, and his friends to undergo that
kind of humiliation. Therefore, the problem is not only social. I hope
that this modest observation of mine will be confirmed by specialists,
and the powers that be will take it into account. ARAM ABRAHAMYAN
Read more at: http://en.aravot.am/2013/03/05/152752/
© 1998 - 2013 Aravot - News from Armenia
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
March 5 2013
The government and the opposition, along with their supporters,
interpret the results of the election, given the purposes of their
propaganda. The opposition focuses on manifold and multifold flaws,
which, certainly, took place during this election, although the
same opposition hasn't put enough effort to legally define those
unlawful actions. And the government, on the other hand, says: "Well,
there are many social problems, there are also many discontents;
it ought to be so." Moreover, both sides "throw into action" their
inexperienced representatives from time to time, as a result of
which some misunderstandings arise. However, there is no serious,
thorough analysis of the current situation, since in our country,
what is called "political science" or "sociology" is actually
"attached" to this or that political force. By the way, as well
as the majority of the mass media. However, there are specialists
somewhere who don't root for anyone. I for one would be interested
to listen to their rational, unemotional - without love or hate -
explanations. And the most important issue that concerns me is whether
the problem is only social in the narrow sense of the word, related
to people's income and standard of living or not. Let's take the town
of Kajaran, for example. The level of unemployment is not high there;
people work at the plant, get their salaries, which many people even
in Yerevan would dream of. Why are people dissatisfied then? Now, here
is where one needs a sober analysis that employs social sciences and
not a barrage of curses or praises. I can only make a rough estimate
without scientific generalizations. My impression is that people
don't tolerate anymore and will tolerate less from now on when their
dignity is infringed. When, say, the same governor of Syunik behaves
arrogantly for years - one can say for decades - allows himself to
terrify, humiliate, and ignore people, the anger grows among citizens
and it finds its best, most restrained and civilized expression at the
ballot boxes. When such officials are not dismissed for years this
anger naturally spreads to those people who keep the given person
in office. A concrete example from our reality. A resident of Sisian
who had attended Bagratyan's rally expressed his "innermost" feelings
for the same governor to Aravot's camera. The next day that citizen
was forced to apologize for his "slip of the tongue" on the "official
channel" and state that the journalist had gotten him drunk. You think
it is easy for that person, his family, and his friends to undergo that
kind of humiliation. Therefore, the problem is not only social. I hope
that this modest observation of mine will be confirmed by specialists,
and the powers that be will take it into account. ARAM ABRAHAMYAN
Read more at: http://en.aravot.am/2013/03/05/152752/
© 1998 - 2013 Aravot - News from Armenia
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress