When he came to power Armenia was prosperous and one of the strongest republics of soviet union. By the end of his 2 terms (second elections were forged but many don't remember about it) Armenia was in DEEP depression: no job, no electricity, no bread, no food, no water... nothing. Blockade, war for Nagorno Karabakh.
Some will say: it's not Levon's fault. it was war.
And who started the war??? it was LEVON, who convinced everybody to free Nagorno Karabakh, started a war.
Armenians won the war, current government came to power and during this 10 years Armenia has done pretty well in general. Yes many things were terrible. But we have advanced after the depression.
Also some people have forgotten who closed factories "which were bad for the ecology". Levon and his team did.
Now people are so mad at the current government that they follow LEVON again..
how can people forget??? when it's a teen person, I understand, they want everything be fair, they see how it is now and they think if somebody else comes to govern it will be all democracy like in Europe. They are romantic and believe speakers. What about older people??
After elections for 9 days there were aggressive meetings in the city center and the government didn't really do much to stop it. What did the supporters of Levon do? they killed 7 policemen, burnt cars, pulled the car of red cross over, rioted, robbed stores (big stores, super-markets), destroyed pavements (!!!), threw rocks at police, buses, mini-buses. There are 131 wounded all in all (including the policemen), 8 dead (7 policemen).
Levon? where is he? at home. he is not under home-arrest like he was telling. He was told that if he leaves and goes to meetings, the guards take no responsibility of his security. that's all! they are guarding HIM now.
The government? now there are soldiers in the city, and tanks. Small tanks. 10 passed by my house at night yesterday and now have left already. Maybe the government would use tanks against people? No. it was just something psychological and security. People would not throw themselves against tanks, and tanks would be a good way to block things or defend things. Soldiers were some 20-year-old guys mainly. What would it be for them to fire at people?
What do the supporters say now after everything? government is bad, poor people. poor people??? the ones who were throwing stones and killing and robbing? yes poor armenian people. they have degraded so much that are worse than those who they consider barbarians. the PEOPLE started this aggression. People were motivated by several idiots who had already SHOWN what they are.
Tragedy of armenian people is not that they are living with their past, it is that they don't learn ANYTHING of the mistakes made.
Some photos taken by me:
2 comments:
I don't want to comment all the aspects of your Post - but you are certainly wrong about one thing: Out of 8 dead, there was only one policeman, two innocent bystanders (one of them on his own balcony, just looking on), and five demonstrators.
Well I can say that there were at least four policemen. That I know not from mass-media source but from the person who was in charge for those policemen. He himself was beaten terribly. Of course 8 dead is the official number. in reality there were many more.
Also, it's not that I'm a supporter of the current government, it's that I'm much more against Levon than Serge... Anyway there was nothing to choose from. Both camps are ... :)
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