`SHORT CIRCUIT’ IN THE SYSTEM
HAKOB BADALYAN
Lragir.am
11-06-2007 12:38:37
On Saturday evening the Mercedes car of the famous businessman, member
of parliament, state and political figure Samvel Alexanyan burnt.
According to the official statement, the car burnt because of a short
circuit in the front part of the car. The businessman was not in the
car. He was not injured. Fortunately, no passers-by were injured. And
since there were no casualties among passers-by, we may be almost sure
that it was not a criminal incident but just an accident. Perhaps there
was a short circuit. But it means the car was out of order. And to
think that a famous businessman such as Samvel Alexanyan, who is one of
the pillars of the Armenian economy, relies on a broken car is not
realistic. But since there is no reason to think that someone put the
car out of order, we have to be satisfied with the official statement
and assume that it was an accident which, fortunately, did not
aggravate the worrying demographic state of the population of Armenia.
However, even if we assume that it was not another scandalous incident
and another skirmish involving clans and interest groups, nevertheless,
the concern that even the persona grata of the government is exposed to
danger in Armenia is becoming deeper in the society. The atmosphere of
political agreement that the government is allegedly trying to display
to the society and the so-called international community in reality has
nothing to do with the situation the society witnesses for sure and the
international community perhaps; of course, if the emissaries and the
permanent representatives of this community do not judge about the
situation in Armenia by the design and menu of new restaurants.
When they shoot at local, party, political, state, nation liberation
authorities, blast, kill, intimidate them, when the children of the
same authorities try to exterminate one another in broad daylight, the
society does not care for incidents, short circuits, live broadcasting
or TV bridges. Especially when these follow the national elections, the
controversies over the government, the memorandum on coalition, guesses
at supporting or not supporting Serge Sargsyan, divide in
Dashnaktsutyun, the suspicious obedience of the Bargavach Hayastan
Party, the doubtless Republican majority.
No political agreement can conceal this situation because life has a
peculiarity ` it never agrees the first, but accepts those who try
first to agree with it. Meanwhile, the reality is that the agreements
signed in Armenia have nothing to do with life, the demand of life, the
course of life. These agreements are signed where the sound of shots is
not heard, by people whose children enjoy the comfort of offices and
mansions and do not get killed by orgies of street rogues. Life passes
by, and if you have no agreement with life, even if you come to a
political agreement with the universe, it’s worth a pin, and the end is
a `short circuit’ in the system. And God knows who the last one is.