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GOVERNMENT TAKES CARE OF ARRANGEMENTS OF ARMENIAN MAIDAN
Siranuysh Papyan, Interviewer
Interview - Wednesday, 05 February 2014, 14:50
Interview with political scientist Haik A. Martirosyan, PhD (New York)
Mr. Martirosyan, in your opinion, is Armenia ready for its own Maidan?
Armenia has been ready for Maidan for a long time now. However,
determination has left people. Meanwhile, it takes next to nothing to
get Maidan. The government does everything necessary. The government
is finishing the arrangements of the Armenian Maidan.
What prospects of development does Armenia have? Is there a possibility
of revolution in 2014?
There is always a possibility of revolution. However, revolutions
are planned by adventurers and declared by the insane. There are both
in Armenia. A revolution is a spontaneous process which is triggered
suddenly on a wave of huge tension and dissatisfaction built up for
a long time.
As to the prospects of development, I cannot see any prospect of
development in Armenia. A country that lacks a national strategy
where the priority is the financial and economic interests of the
elite cannot develop. This is the best recipe of revolution.
Can you see any possibility of emergence of an opposition in Armenia?
There has always been opposition in Armenia. The issue is that it is
always, including now, crushed, demoralized and discredited while
the new face of the opposition is not known yet. Only totalitarian
and authoritarian countries lack an opposition. We are neither of them.
Semi-authoritarianism supposes an opposition like the one we have. A
new force, a new person, a new approach will come to replace the
departing or departed opposition and will take the lead. The place
cannot remain vacant.
Can the change of government result in a new quality of government
or does the government still need to self-organize and realize its
importance?
Change of government itself is at least an attempt at upgrading
quality. There are two ways of change of government, internal and
external. Internal is when one wing removes another wing of the
government. We experienced this in 1998, and it is clear to everyone
to what extent it was change of government. An external change of
government is one done by new persons and the opposition. And if
there is such a change of government, quality changes will follow
by all means. Otherwise, Kyrgyz, Georgian and, of course, Ukrainian
scenarios will repeat.
The most important revolution, however, is the mental revolution of
the society and determination to claim change from the government.
When such claims are not met, the society implements change on its
own. If demand goes without claims, it will not be met for a long
time. In Armenia, there is demand but there is no claim.
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http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/interview/view/31866#sthash.ZZaHGmLn.dpuf
From: Baghdasarian
Siranuysh Papyan, Interviewer
Interview - Wednesday, 05 February 2014, 14:50
Interview with political scientist Haik A. Martirosyan, PhD (New York)
Mr. Martirosyan, in your opinion, is Armenia ready for its own Maidan?
Armenia has been ready for Maidan for a long time now. However,
determination has left people. Meanwhile, it takes next to nothing to
get Maidan. The government does everything necessary. The government
is finishing the arrangements of the Armenian Maidan.
What prospects of development does Armenia have? Is there a possibility
of revolution in 2014?
There is always a possibility of revolution. However, revolutions
are planned by adventurers and declared by the insane. There are both
in Armenia. A revolution is a spontaneous process which is triggered
suddenly on a wave of huge tension and dissatisfaction built up for
a long time.
As to the prospects of development, I cannot see any prospect of
development in Armenia. A country that lacks a national strategy
where the priority is the financial and economic interests of the
elite cannot develop. This is the best recipe of revolution.
Can you see any possibility of emergence of an opposition in Armenia?
There has always been opposition in Armenia. The issue is that it is
always, including now, crushed, demoralized and discredited while
the new face of the opposition is not known yet. Only totalitarian
and authoritarian countries lack an opposition. We are neither of them.
Semi-authoritarianism supposes an opposition like the one we have. A
new force, a new person, a new approach will come to replace the
departing or departed opposition and will take the lead. The place
cannot remain vacant.
Can the change of government result in a new quality of government
or does the government still need to self-organize and realize its
importance?
Change of government itself is at least an attempt at upgrading
quality. There are two ways of change of government, internal and
external. Internal is when one wing removes another wing of the
government. We experienced this in 1998, and it is clear to everyone
to what extent it was change of government. An external change of
government is one done by new persons and the opposition. And if
there is such a change of government, quality changes will follow
by all means. Otherwise, Kyrgyz, Georgian and, of course, Ukrainian
scenarios will repeat.
The most important revolution, however, is the mental revolution of
the society and determination to claim change from the government.
When such claims are not met, the society implements change on its
own. If demand goes without claims, it will not be met for a long
time. In Armenia, there is demand but there is no claim.
- See more at:
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/interview/view/31866#sthash.ZZaHGmLn.dpuf
From: Baghdasarian