It is the end of 2010. It is time to discuss whether we could use these 365 days for the good and what achievements we have. It seems that we did not have too many good achievements.
Fortunately there were no armed conflicts in the region last year. It was the biggest achievement. Last year was special due to cultural events that took place in Yerevan and renown artists visited Armenia such as Emir Kusturica, Yan Gillan, Joe Cocker, Goran Beregovich, Boris Grebenschikov and Placido Domingo. Sergey Khactryan gave a concert too. This year the youth team of chess won in the Olympic games. Our representative’s victory in the children’s Eurovision was another pleasure. The other things were as usual, even worse. The replacements in the government did not bring to any positive change. In addition, the adoption of the law on language by the parliament in the end of the year was a serious moral loss for the society.
Many of the incidents observed in the army unfortunately resulted in deaths. Several people were killed from the other side of the border, and some others were killed by their army friend.
Corruption and embezzlement still continue in the state system and are widespread at all levels of the government. They are so blind in corruption that they even dare to embezzle the money of orphan children. This fact was also proven by the report recently published by the supervisory committee of the president’s administration. The officials of the sectors of healthcare, agriculture, environmental protection, science and social protections steal the money; even mid-level officials steal money. Governors embezzle the money of taxpayers too. Why are they so free to do that? The answer is simple. In election periods they are busy with the work of attracting votes for the government party, thus this is the compensation for their work.
The authorities that rely on the coalition three powers do not realize their main function and role. They see their mission as reproduction by all means. The people that are on the top of the government pyramid do not have time to think and have not been able to come to conclusions yet. They are the ones that have the tools to make the life of people better and they are human beings just like the husband and wife that are digging in garbage cans near the Kievyan bridge every day. They have appeared in high positions but they are not more secure than any of us.
They have problems with their education and generally their look at things. For them the human life itself is nothing. They are doing their best to press down the voice of their opponents. They closed down the Gala TV, A1+ and the people who are strong personalities and can lead the opposition. Such persons are out of power now. They thought Nikol Pashinyan was strong in his struggle, thus they imprisoned him. Only strong powers can afford strong opposition. And the opposition they have now is for the weak.
The authorities have a lack of professional specialists. When one is professional and knows the job, he/she is able to think freely and see the other side of the coin as well. In the end of the year the head of the president’s supervisory committee Hovhannes Hovsepyan wrapped up their work of the past year and presented the results. As it is mentioned above, they have found a lot of violations. However, when this man sincerely says that he believes the president elected as a result of the upcoming elections will be the incumbent president, the facts that he speaks about stop being serious.
We wonder if any official would say no if they were asked whether they want the incumbent president be in his position for lifetime like Nursultan Nazarbayev. Hardly anyone would oppose.
There are topics that are considered sentimental and naïve to speak about. But we can be sentimental on the threshold of the New Year. The reality is the fact that our society is not able to overcome the problem of self-esteem. We think that we cannot do anything and nothing is up to us. But when we realize the fact that we have the destiny to live every day, see our children, love and be loved, be under the sun every day, we will understand how exclusive we are. If we understand that we were one of the million that was able to be born, we will appreciate our life and the life of others. In that case we will tolerate others more.
This is what I wish you. Let’s love each other every year and during this New Year. Happy New Year and Merry Christmas!