TO TAKE OR NOT TO TAKE THE MANDATE

17:18:04 – 25/09/2009
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Rumors that the Heritage leader Raffi Hovhannisyan is possible to
withdraw his application on resignation are circulated. He may do it
until September 30. If he does not take the application back by that
time, it will be considered accepted and the Heritage leader will be
deprived of his mandate. But, not only rumors are spread on this
topic, but also the Heritage faction head Stepan Safaryan does not
rule out such a possibility.

We deal with a situation either when the Heritage parliamentary
members are making fun of their leader or former leader, or the
Heritage leader is making fun of the Armenian citizens making and
withdrawing applications. But it is unknown what is funny there if
Raffi is diverting himself. Maybe Raffi thinks that after the laid
down his mandate the party abolished and it will revive if he
withdraws it. It is a version but very hypothetic because the mandate
is not a magic wand with the help of which you may take apart and then
assemble the party.

Maybe Raffi Hovhannisyan liked being in the centre of the attention
and he decided to take back his mandate and after some time to lay it
again down becoming a `newsmaker’ moreover it is harmonious with the
Armenian modern thinking, in particular, journalistic thinking. But
the second laying down of the mandate will hardly provide the same
`newsmakerism’ to Raffi Hovhannisyan as the first one. In this case,
the national joke on a liar is worth remembering who liked to have fun
of the villagers and regularly alarmed them of wolves’ assaults. Every
time the villagers run to help, they saw that he was just joking. But
when one day wolves in reality assaulted, there was no one to pay
attention to his shouting.

So, the second laying down will not procure the effect of the first
one. Consequently, Raffi Hovhannisyan had better think why he wants to
take back the mandate moreover he did not think good when laying it
down as now he thinks about retaking it. Though what Raffi
Hovhannisyan himself thinks is not known as always. Stepan Safaryan
does not rule out taking back the mandate but is his opinion based on
Raffi Hovhannisyan’s moods. It is difficult to say because
Hovhannisyan continues being mysteriously silent.

Though, on the other hand, what is going to change in the public life
after Raffi Hovhannisyan takes back his mandate. Just what changed
after he laid it down. In other words nothing of course if someone
does not think to stake or to bet what in the end he will do.

JAMES HAKOBYAN