Armen Ashotyan, Vice Chairman of the Republican Party of Armenia, writes on his Facebook page:
“While daily political news still largely focuses on current events or PR statements, I will continue to strive to address deeper issues.”
And yesterday, the V-Dem Institute’s annual report on democracy in the world was published, once again documenting democratic regression in Armenia.
These reports were once so important to Nikol that he even publicly mentioned and referred to partial assessments that benefited him.
Now he remains silent because even under favorable geopolitical conditions, it is impossible to conceal the ongoing dictatorship in the country.
And one of its regular manifestations has become the absurd political persecution of Armine Ohanyan.
Nikola is like a drug addict whose Western handlers advise him to ease the pressure (use house arrest instead of prison and other methods).” “Easing,” he says. But at the same time, he “senses” new political persecution for the adrenaline rush.
Let me return to the report. I already mentioned that, for example, in the “liberal democracy index,” Armenia dropped 10 places in a year, from 76th to 86th.
Now look at the attached slide, according to which Armenia ranks sixth in the world for the intensity of democratic decline.
Nikola, congratulations.
But there’s still room for improvement as a dictator; he needs to make an effort to become one of the top three dictators.
You can do it. All we need to do is prevent it,” he wrote.