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NEW SPIN DOCTORS PREFER TERROR
Naira Hayrumyan
12:34 19/03/2013
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index.php/eng/0/country/view/29337
According to press reports, head of Serzh Sargsyan's administration
Vigen Sargsyan has taken a leave but the story may end up in his
dismissal. Earlier Serzh Sargsyan's son-in-law Michael Minasyan was
dismissed and appointed ambassador to Vatican.
After Minasyan's appointment everyone said Serzh Sargsyan is changing
his spin doctors. Who will replace them? Have new spin doctors been
already hired? What is their position on home and foreign policies? Or
has Serzh Sargsyan decided to concentrate power in his own hands?
Serzh Sargsyan is obviously dissatisfied with the work of his spin
doctors during the presidential elections. Either they could not
predict Raffi Hovannisian's success or they could not predict that
people would vote against Serzh Sargsyan or attend post-electoral
rallies. Serzh Sargsyan is angry.
At his post-electoral press conference he spoke as if voters, the
opposition and journalists are ingrates who cannot appreciate what
is being done. His anger was felt during the campaign too when he
behave without respect towards the mother of a non-combat victim and
to a border village resident who complained of emigration.
What did Serzh Sargsyan expect from voters and the opposition? Did
he expect that people would ignore their own hard lives and would
judge about the government policy by the information provided by TV
news show and speeches of spin doctors?
Anyway, spin doctors are being replaced. The policy of liberalization
and democratization can be considered finished. Serzh Sargsyan stated
bluntly that he will not do anything about the oligarchs who are
obstacles to liberalization. According to his statement to increase
salaries and pensions on July 1, the new political strategies will
not be democratic but social. Perhaps new spin doctors advised Serzh
Sargsyan to invest in improvement of the quality of life of people
so that they do not care for democracy.
Will this policy be effective? Or will the spin doctors again fail
to predict the society's reaction which does not believe in such
social pledges? The present social situation may be overcome either
through liberalization of economy or terror. Judging by Oskanian's
case and checking of Andrias Ghukasyan's company the new spin doctors
prefer terror.
Naira Hayrumyan
12:34 19/03/2013
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index.php/eng/0/country/view/29337
According to press reports, head of Serzh Sargsyan's administration
Vigen Sargsyan has taken a leave but the story may end up in his
dismissal. Earlier Serzh Sargsyan's son-in-law Michael Minasyan was
dismissed and appointed ambassador to Vatican.
After Minasyan's appointment everyone said Serzh Sargsyan is changing
his spin doctors. Who will replace them? Have new spin doctors been
already hired? What is their position on home and foreign policies? Or
has Serzh Sargsyan decided to concentrate power in his own hands?
Serzh Sargsyan is obviously dissatisfied with the work of his spin
doctors during the presidential elections. Either they could not
predict Raffi Hovannisian's success or they could not predict that
people would vote against Serzh Sargsyan or attend post-electoral
rallies. Serzh Sargsyan is angry.
At his post-electoral press conference he spoke as if voters, the
opposition and journalists are ingrates who cannot appreciate what
is being done. His anger was felt during the campaign too when he
behave without respect towards the mother of a non-combat victim and
to a border village resident who complained of emigration.
What did Serzh Sargsyan expect from voters and the opposition? Did
he expect that people would ignore their own hard lives and would
judge about the government policy by the information provided by TV
news show and speeches of spin doctors?
Anyway, spin doctors are being replaced. The policy of liberalization
and democratization can be considered finished. Serzh Sargsyan stated
bluntly that he will not do anything about the oligarchs who are
obstacles to liberalization. According to his statement to increase
salaries and pensions on July 1, the new political strategies will
not be democratic but social. Perhaps new spin doctors advised Serzh
Sargsyan to invest in improvement of the quality of life of people
so that they do not care for democracy.
Will this policy be effective? Or will the spin doctors again fail
to predict the society's reaction which does not believe in such
social pledges? The present social situation may be overcome either
through liberalization of economy or terror. Judging by Oskanian's
case and checking of Andrias Ghukasyan's company the new spin doctors
prefer terror.