Lragir, Armenia
Dec 27 2007

WHAT HAPPENED LATER WHEN THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEM WAS OVERCOME

On the day when the Armenian president met with the major businessmen
of Armenia and stated out to the society that there is free
competition in Armenia, and only psychology hinders its full-fledged
fulfillment, another murder was committed in the same country. An
Iranian businessman was killed who imports products and was said to
have achieved success in a short period of time. It means he had
become rather competitive in a short period of time, in other words,
he had overcome the psychological problem, judging by the official
logic. The result is that he was robbed and shot dead. Perhaps this
way of murder was chosen to avoid scandals because the killed person
was a citizen of Iran, and an assassination would be a terrible
scandal. Assault and battery was perhaps the most convenient option
because the story would be presented from this point of view, like
the stories of thousands of other citizens, who are robbed and get
killed in the end or not.

In fact, these are mere suppositions, and only investigation will
discover the truth, whether the Iranian was assassinated or was
assaulted, with a tragic ending. However, the fact itself is
eloquent, especially in the sense that it overlaps with Robert
Kocharyan’s judgments about the economic environment. Meanwhile,
these judgments were strange and made an impression that Robert
Kocharyan leaves office unaware of what has taken place in the
country for ten years, and what a pattern of relations he leaves
behind. The impression is that the president has ruled quite another
country for ten years, that he has not ruled this country, therefore
he has no idea of the reality and quality of the rules and relations
in the economic sphere of the country.

It is difficult to believe, it is difficult to think that Robert
Kocharyan has been unaware of these things for so many years but
could maintain his presidency. It is equally difficult to believe
that the reality Robert Kocharyan presents that allegedly the cause
of monopolies and protectionism in Armenia is people’s psychology who
do not believe that if they enter one sphere of business or another,
they will not encounter obstacles set by the government. In other
words, the government has cleared the way of obstacles, whereas the
society is unable to overcome the psychological hurdles. How can one
believe this description? How can we believe this when we see an
oligarch not let ordinary citizens to take over his motorcade of
jeeps? How can one believe that when the oligarch beating people who
pass their cars will tolerate people who take over their business? It
is possible that the government does not approve these things. But if
these things happen, the government bears responsibility because the
problem is not disapproving but preventing, punishing and making
proactive efforts to change the psychology of the citizens.

When an oligarch punches the bodyguard of the president, he is
severely punished and sent to prison, but if he punches an ordinary
citizen, he is not responsible for that. Would a citizen with good
sense believe that the government of this country guarantees free
competition? Robert Kocharyan would have the right to speak about
inhibitions if he had made consistent efforts to overcome these
inhibitions over the past ten years. On the contrary, his economic
policy aggravated these complexes when all the profitable spheres of
economy undergo doubtful deals, when the ministers do not hide they
run businesses. After all, Armenia is a small country and besides
official addresses on television the citizens know about what happens
in reality, and natural questions occur in them how in a country of
free competition, in the fatherland of the millennial civilization,
the most endowed and successful businessmen are in government and are
tolerant toward the government, to the degree of utter devotion in
the direct and figurative sense of the word.

HAKOB BADALYAN

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress