Armenia close to self-destruction

/By AzerNews/

By Laman Sadigova

Last year Armenia saw a sharp aggravation of the standoff between the opposition and the current ruling regime.

This year began with tough confrontation of the opposition and the authorities, which slammed the leader of the Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP), Gagik Tsarukyan.

In fact, this year is not a unique for the country’s normal way of life – Armenian people frequently voice discontent, but the authorities always manage to successfully silence them.

Perennial predatory rule of the criminal “Karabakh clan", never-ending recession in the economy, and as a consequence, the dismal living conditions of the population and the large-scale repression, naturally boost the revolutionary spirits in the society.

Open protests against the authorities, followed by a latent confrontation in both the public and political spheres have left Armenians feeling disenfranchised.

Sargsyan's regime is doing its best to draw out the voice of the opposition, to isolate the disaffected politicians and human rights defenders, and widely practice arbitrary arrests and beatings, blackmailing in order to maintain the power elite that support him.

People afflicted

Even the “controlled” Armenian opposition screams that the country is moving to the abyss and needs to create normal conditions for life and a sustainable future for people and their families.

The threat of imprisonment, fear of job loss and reprisals against relatives and friends are not enough anymore to hold a public outcry. The people, as they say, have lost their fear.

It was once again proved by mass demonstrations last spring in Yerevan and other cities of the country, in connection with the electricity tariffs price hike. Today the situation is even more alarming.

Such a scenario does not suit the regime and force them to expand surveillance and pressure on the most active protesters.

The repressions on political grounds are ugly, but common phenomenon in Armenia.

Deplorable prospects

Meanwhile, it is obvious that Armenia lacks any real opposition party capable of leading the masses to overthrow the regime and convert the country to be economically viable, and efull-fledged state.

Given the lack of a mature political force, forcible regime change, of course, threatens the country with political chaos and, in the long term - the total disappearance of Armenia from the political map of the world.