If early parliamentary elections are held, there will be no party bearing the name of RPA [former ruling Republican Party of Armenia] in parliament and this implies that there will be no need in making efforts to take efforts to struggle against a non-existent party. When the Communist Party, the AANM [Armenian All-Nation Movement], and the RPA were in power, they were no parties at all, but just groups of bosses, nomenclature, and career seekers, which gradually turned into "village clubs" after losing power. And it was no coincidence that after a change of power, people fled these groups, joining the next ruling group. Thus, there is no danger of the return of the RPA. I am sure that no scenario of the kind is going to be enacted. A more threatening danger we might face is that the force to come to power after the election – be it the Civil Contract [party] or the PA [Prosperous Armenia] party, might suddenly turn into a "new RPA" (a new Communist party, or a new AANM) in terms of its work style or functions.

At the moment, there are almost no symptoms of the kind. However, having worked as a journalist for a very long time, I can assure you that in 1990-1991, there were no such symptoms, either. For example, when the AANM came to power, intended to open the park opposite the Central Committee building (currently the PA RA [People's Assembly of the Republic of Armenia]) and the government dachas in the Proshyan [village in Kotayk Region] for people and I even prepared reports about the two decisions, inviting mothers with prams to the CC [Central Committee] Park to show that this revolutionary step had already been taken. However, later on, this did not happen: The AANM "acquired the taste", tasting the sweetness of power and beginning to behave in the manner, of [former] Communist bosses, displaying the same arrogance and rudeness and their own infallibility.

Why do I say that there is a possibility of the repetition of all this? Because the Communists, the AANM and the Republicans refuse to admit that they were as I describe them: They are sincerely sure that they honestly and decently served the Republic of Armenia. Correspondingly, they failed to realise how much they had changed and how they were perceived by society. Power causes giddiness, and the danger of losing hold on reality is very big.

And why do I say that at the moment, as there are almost no symptoms of the kind? Because even today, I sometimes hear devotees of the authorities saying: "They got it right. It serves them right. Hold your tongue, you revanchist and counterrevolutionary!" This approach is not yet turning into an "official wording". And I hope it never will.