LOTS OF THINGS CAN BE PLANNED BUT THESE PLANS CANNOT BE IMPOSED ON TIME
Hakob Badalyan

Lragir, Armenia
Oct 3 2007

Levon Ter-PetrosyanPhoto
As the Armenian presidential election is drawing nearer, it seems that
instead of a predetermined election an unpredictable process may take
place, which is determined by Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s intention to run
in the election campaign and the actions taken for this purpose.

In other words, the return of Levon Ter-Petrosyan to politics foils
the plan of the government. On the other hand, it is difficult to tell
that Ter-Petrosyan foiled the plan of the government because the plan
itself is rather vague. In the public perception, the government’s plan
appears as a desire to reproduce, and reproduction means replacement
of Robert Kocharyan by Serge Sargsyan. In other words, the public
perception of the so-called plan of the government is that Robert
Kocharyan wishes to have Serge Sargsyan become president after him
to ensure the indivisibility of himself and the entire system of
government. In fact, however, this is a superficial perception,
and the reflection of Serge Sargsyan’s wish to be president is
not enough to get an idea of the government’s plan because the
government seems to have a few options of developments in the political
process. Therefore, it is difficult to tell which particular plan or
whose plan LevonTer-Petrosyan foils.

Before May 12, 2007 it seemed that the political developments follow
Robert Kocharyan’s plan. However, the result of May 12 was evidence to
the existence of another plan which seemed to be contrary to Robert
Kocharyan’s intentions he had told about before the presidential
election, pointing to a four-party coalition including the Republican
Party, the Bargavach Hayastan Party, the ARF Dashnaktsutyun and the
United Labor Party, and on the day of the election, pointing to
a national opposition in the parliament. In fact, none of Robert
Kocharyan’s wishes came true. And if what happened was Robert
Kocharyan’s wish, it means the president was simply cheating the
system, reassuring some of them. And when the person at the top of
the system has to cheat his team to fulfill his plans, it means he
is facing major problems.

Consequently, we may suppose that what happened and is now continuing
had been planned by Serge Sargsyan. In other words, the home political
developments follow the prime minister’s plan, so Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s
return foils this plan. But if we assume that the presidential election
has been planned by someone, it means Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s activity
is part of this plan as well. Consequently, either we have to admit
or we have to agree that not everything can be done in accordance
with a plan, especially when the fate of a country and a nation
is concerned. Lot of things can be planned but these plans cannot
be imposed on time because time destroys everything that is built
contrary to its requirements. And who else besides this government can
understand it better? For now time is destroying Yerevan through it.