You Will Be Surprised by My Assessment: Daniel Ioannissian

“For the past two days, I have been thinking about the incident between Nikol Pashinyan and Armine Mosiyan. I believe there is no need for me to say that speaking aggressively to a parent in front of a child is extremely bad and ugly. That is clear to everyone even without my saying it,” wrote Daniel Ioannissian, the founder of the 'Civil Society Institute' NGO, on his Facebook page.

“I also do not need to say that calling people who have lost their homes ‘fleeing’ is wrong, regardless of how the author perceives their role in that tragedy. There are more correct ways to express such an approach. However, on the other hand, I still vividly recall the situations where a person was killed in the restroom for addressing the head of state inappropriately.

You will be surprised by my assessment, but this is democracy: a politician communicates with citizens, engages in debates, makes mistakes during that process, and in response to public outcry, the politician apologizes. Such a situation would simply not happen in a dictatorial country. There would be no numerous communications with citizens, nor would there be debates, and certainly, there would be no apology. Or did you think that political leaders in democracy are ideal?” Ioannissian wrote.