Foreign actors need to view Armenia`s opposition camp as reliable  partner - expert 

ArmInfo.  The events of the last weeks should finally convince everyone that serious changes in the country cannot be achieved in one day, with one rally, one march, one good slogan. This is what member of the Alternative Projects Group Vahe Hovhannisyan writes in his article.

According to him, a period of peace, periodic activation, euphoria  from the results of surveys will not solve the problem facing  society. "It's not that Nikol Pashinyan (RA Prime Minister - ed.) is  always one step ahead, but that his opponents are always one step  behind. It's time to gather courage and admit that the main reason  for the extinction of fairly strong, mass movements that were gaining  strength one after another was the lack of political and programmatic  content, the absence of modern management. Only a spontaneous  uprising can put an end to everything in one day. Remember how many  times dates were announced, like this day will come soon. And what  happened?" - the political scientist asked.

In his opinion, it will not be possible to organize a fight against  old ideas about the situation and ask the question of what to do.

The atmosphere in the country is changing before our eyes. In all  social strata of society, there is a widespread rejection of the  actions of a narrow group in power.

"The environment around us is also changing. New systems, methods of  struggle, new content, programmatic thinking and new management are  needed, which will serve the wave of change. In the new conditions, a  new social and institutional formula must operate: zero contact with  this narrow group. Zero contact means no questions, no expectations  of an answer, no contact, no proposals. Encourage the crystallization  of a narrow group. In the changing atmosphere, individual positions  should be encouraged.  This applies primarily to those who are "not  in politics", to writers, to conformists and others. Today,  facelessness is no longer understandable. Everyone has a choice. This  applies to all who serve the ugliness of power. Mandelstam has  brilliant lines that are very eloquent now. "Around him is a bunch of  narrow- minded leaders, He plays on the services of others." "A  narrow group" and "broad power" are different things. We need to  create an atmosphere of choice, opportunities for public activists to  participate in processes, acceptable, comfortable formats, working  conditions and opportunities for people. All activists must feel  needed, and there are thousands of them. This is one of the most  important tasks. We need to quickly create a serious system for the  protection of human rights. Only brilliant lawyers and a few deputies  will not be able to respond to a new wave of repression. The system  for the protection of human rights is a system of low-profile  activity that is not limited to responding only to lawlessness. There  are issues of national importance, really very complex, around which,  without formulating an alternative approach, an alternative version,  it is impossible to ensure broad public consolidation and be  perceived by the outside world as a potentially strong next  government. The government, even the lowest quality, is politicized,  whether it wants it or not, and, whether it wants it or not, is a  partner-interlocutor for the outside world.  When the rhetoric and  content of the other side (various platforms) are apolitical, the  government finds itself in an advantageous position. This systemic  error must be corrected. There are very important questions that must  be answered with political formulations: the Constitution, the peace  treaty, communication routes, including through Syunik, foreign and  regional relations, the Russia-Iran-West balance, etc. etc. These are  issues that require a position and political thinking that must be  presented to both the public and external partners. So that both the  public and external players view the anti-government camp as a  reliable partner, and not just a tool for regime change, a complete  end to internal opposition tensions and internal struggle. Put aside  all personal conflicts and interests," said Vahe Hovhannisyan.