Armen Sarkissian Chose the Most Deplorable Path among Immoral Roads: The Path of a Cowardly Deserter, Says Naira Zohrabyan

During his presidency, Armen Sarkissian behaved like a legionnaire, whose connection to Armenia and the Armenian people was solely exemplified by the nationality marked in his passport. This was stated by NA member Naira Zohrabyan on her Facebook page, titling her post: "Goodbye to the President".

She noted, “I first met Armen Sarkissian in London. My impression was positive; he was a polite, educated person, and we even discussed organizing translation days for Samuel’s Anglo-American poetry at Oxford. I was sincerely impressed that amidst the pervasive ignorance, there was someone with whom you could discuss John Donne and Sylvia Plath. And you see, I had my significant contribution in voting for Armen Sarkissian to the presidency.”

The satirist Knishev used to say that there are people whose intelligence should be shaken like a bottle before using them. Throughout his presidency, Armen Sarkissian acted like a legionnaire, whose connection to Armenia and the Armenian people was established solely by nationality in his passport. Sarkissian had at least several golden opportunities to prove that he differed from the leadership of the mediocre and hysterical type.

Each time, he missed the chance to distinguish himself from spiteful mediocrities and cheap dimwits. When our society was indiscriminately divided into blacks and whites, when brothers were taken out and continue to be taken out against their brothers, when the governance of the country descended to the level of political vendetta, Armen Sarkissian could have at least tried to halt this pervasive moral apocalypse, for which Armenia will soon pay a very dear price.

Armen Sarkissian chose the status of a watchful legionnaire, for whom the health and financial condition of his businesses is paramount. Armen Sarkissian chose the most deplorable path among immoral roads: the path of a cowardly deserter, leaving the positions entrusted to him daily, bending like a bamboo reed before those who humiliate him every day and have long made a British pudding out of him.

Yesterday, Armenia's de jure president, Armen Sarkissian, underwent yet another ritual of humiliation. He was forced to sign the bill restricting his own powers, the constitutional amendments, at 12:47 AM. President Armen Sarkissian signed under the document of his own self-destruction and pressed the self-destruction button.

The Republic of Armenia no longer has a president, not only de facto but now de jure as well. Academician Likhachov once stated that “many think an intelligent person is someone who has read many books, traveled a lot, and received a good education. No, intelligence lies in not being indifferent and responding adequately to reality.” Academician Likhachov, you are absolutely right.

In the past, when Manvel Grigoryan was caught stealing a soldier's bread, I said from the National Assembly podium that Manvel Grigoryan had only one option to save his honor as an officer, so place a gun in his cell. Until yesterday, I would have advised Armen Sarkissian to resign immediately and try to save his reputation as a member of the British Astronomical Society.

Yesterday, at 12:47 AM, the figure of Armen Sarkissian, the Armenian, the well-educated man, self-destructed. No more words about Armen Sarkissian. I am a polite person, and there is a well-known golden rule for me: about the deceased, one speaks either well or not at all.

Yesterday at 12:47 AM, a significant portion of the Armenian people bid farewell to President Armen Sarkissian. Let us hope that the fate of businessman and physicist Armen Sarkissian will be much more successful.”