Alienation Armenia`s new constitution - expert

ArmInfo.  Alienation has become Armenia's new Constitution.  Vahe Hovhannisyan, a member of the Alternative Projects group, writes about this in his article.

According to him, the quality of public discussions surrounding the  schoolboy's arrest leaves no room for optimism. A lazy and inert  public discourse is observed against a backdrop of collective  indifference, demonstrating the extent of national disorganization.   "Unfortunately, we are no longer a state-owned society; we are more  like a large refugee camp, the outcome of which will be decided in  the near future. 

The next episode is before your eyes. If this government is restored,  we will receive an unconditional 'yes' to the constitutional  amendments requested by Aliyev. During the public demonstration of  'walking under Aliyev's sword,' we will be ashamed to look each other  in the eye, but this will be hidden behind rampant cynicism,  accusations from the entire world, and a reluctance to engage in  politics. A few days later, Aliyev will give a speech in Baku and  declare that only two steps remain to establish peace: the return of  300,000 Azerbaijanis and the partial 'geochization' of Sevan. And the  same public debate will begin as today:  childish, indifferent,  opportunistic, mercantile, falsifying history and focusing on one's  own ego," the political scientist noted.

He regretfully noted that the reality is that Armenia has ceased to  be a society. Society presupposes certain written and unwritten laws,  norms, rules of coexistence, a sense of shame, a list of "don'ts,"  and at least a minimal opportunity to listen to one another. "Today,  we have none of this. Anticipating this, 2-3 years ago, I said that  we should move to a mass dialogue between elections. I am confident  this was the only correct path. But a moderator for this process has  never been found. Because in our country, leadership means something  else: unilateral decisions, infallibility, and so on. Today, the  Armenian electorate is more alienated from each other than we are  from Azerbaijanis.

It's not hard to guess where this will lead. It's also no coincidence  that various authoritative and serious sociological studies today  present completely different pictures. An anomalous society has an  anomalous sociology. Can a self-alienated, fragmented society make a  real choice for the sake of its united future? The current situation  in the region is terrifying, if you look at it even for a moment  through the eyes of a rational person. "Who will take on the process  of creating internal public relations? That's the main question.   Until then, we don't hear, we don't see, we don't understand the  risks of months of distancing. We don't understand what foreigners  are warning us about. We've become disconnected from reality and the  truth,"Hovhannisyan emphasized.