President doesn’t know that I live in Armenia

08/12/2011

On Sunday the government on behalf of the Republican Party was festively presenting some kind of economic program, promised to open workplaces and enhance the lifestyle of the society. But neither this program nor any political party platform implies information about the citizen, who has to live and see progress and that not only from election to election they can be taken into account. Instead, our society instead of living just survives. One of the missed citizens is the either-year-old Mariam, who without any exaggeration has a deeper insight about the world, better conscious and wit than many of the authors of these programs and the ones, who fail them. This kid, who lives in complete poverty, intolerable conditions is able to study with excellent grades in school, is able to seek a job for the disabled sister, spend hungry days and dram about the future. Moreover, she thinks about the future with great dignity and without giving up. As a response to many attempts of our reporter this kid doesn’t confess that she hadn’t had a meal in awhile. I mean she does only in a way so that she doesn’t want to feel pity or mercy from the side. “I have eaten everything. I ate whatever I wanted. We have bread and don’t need anything at all,” says the hungry child by emphasizing that she loves everyone except the President of Armenia. “Why? What did the President do to you?” As a response she would say, “When my TV worked I could see that he was speaking about Armenia. He doesn’t know that I live in Armenia. My sister doesn’t live well and that nobody wants to hire her as a dishwasher. And my mom collects burning logs from the streets. And I am lying to you by saying that we have bread to eat. Please, don’t tell her that we don’t have bread to eat. Just tell her that I don’t like to eat at these hours,” says the eight-year-old child and adds that she either wants to become a doctor or a judge. “I want to become a doctor but not one of those, who prescribe only medicines but one of those, who talk to the people, cheer them up and raise their moods. It means I want to be a doctor, who cures without medicines… And I also want to become a judge. You know? I like everyone but I don’t like the President of Armenia. If I become a doctor or a judge I will judge the President for sure,” says Mariam and after each sentence she would request, more accurately demand that the reporter doesn’t feel mercy to her. This is the destiny of one family, one kid. And the government will for sure tag this as populism or an attempt of not appreciating the work of the government. However, in a normal country the government signifies the opinions of the citizens as much as they signify the opinions of nudists, world banks or future generations.