IN MERUZHAN TER-GULANIAN’S WORDS, MANY OF INTELLECTUALS HAVE
FLIRTATIONS WITH AUTHORITIES, FEAR FOR FUTURE: HE HIMSELF, FOR EXAMPLE,
SYMPATHIZES WITH REPUBLICAN PARTY
YEREVAN, JANUARY 22, NOYAN TAPAN. An intellectual may have a political
orientation, but, many of them have a flirtation with the ruling wing
during the elections and become inappropriately superactive, Meruzhan
Ter-Gulanian, a writer, publicist, the editor-in-chief of the "De
Facto" magazine expressed such an opinion during the discussion on the
theme "The Intellectuals and Elections." Responding the intellectuals’
question why, however, the most part of intellectuals becomes an
instrument in the authorities’ hands, M.Ter-Gulanian responded:
"they do not stand the temptation, fear for the future and live
badly." "If an intellectual is an intellectual by birth, he is
of course opposing. He must see the right thing and speak about
it. And there is a problem under any stone among us," the speaker
is sure. In M.Ter-Gulanian’s words, the intellectual’s price rises
from election to election, and its implication is understandable:
an intellectual must be so much respected that is able to direct
the society and create public opinion. For example, Ter-Gulanian
himself sympathizes with the Republican Party but is not a member:
"memorable Ashot Navasardian and Vazgen Sargsian were my friends from
long ago," M.Ter-Gulanian emphasized, at the same time mentioning
that he also sees the negative phenomena existing in that party. For
example, in his words, first of all the party must get free of all
the "olygarches," and the country President, Robert Kocharian, must
gather all the olygarches and persuade them not to take part in the
parliamentary elections.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
