2024-03-02 22:08:21
Public-politician Avetik Chalabyan writes: “Over the weekend, the speech of His Grace Archbishop Mikael Ajapachyan was widely circulated on the Internet, where he, among other things, claims that “Armenians are the sickest nation in the world”, and specifically referring to our previous conversation, he states that “I I greatly overestimate the capabilities of our nation.
With deep respect for the Holy Father, and not wanting to turn this into an ongoing polemic, I just want to mention the following in this regard:
(a) Today, various nations in different parts of the world are facing serious challenges and are in a deep crisis. South Korea’s birth rate is only 0.8 children per woman, Ukraine’s population has practically halved since independence, Ecuador’s mafia recently brazenly took over prisons and state television, emigration from peaceful and prosperous Lithuania is a higher percentage than from Armenia, which is actually at war. Claiming that “Armenians are the sickest nation in the world” is an obvious exaggeration and ignores the most serious problems that the whole world and many other nations are facing today, and which affect our nation as well, weakening its organization and resistance, our In this case, the brute external pressure is also added.
(b) with that being said, our nation is indeed in deep crisis, and it is impossible to ignore it in any way. In that sense, I agree with the Holy Father that in order to cure the disease, one must first accept the fact of its existence and make a correct diagnosis. At the same time, in order to cure any organism, you must rely on the existing forces and resistance of that organism, otherwise if you constantly tell the patient that he is sick, but do not offer hope for recovery and concrete treatment, he will eventually succumb to the disease and despair.
c) it is in that context that the statement that I overestimate the capabilities of our nation should be considered. Having been engaged in public activity for a long time and interacting with many strata and individual representatives of our nation, I have seen both the positive and the negative in us, and I neither overestimate nor underestimate us in any way. I am convinced that we will emerge from this crisis relying on the best individuals and institutions we have, figuratively speaking, the healthy part of our national organism, and so far I have done everything in my power to mobilize, inspire and spur that part into action. The “Hayakve” initiative is one of its examples, and if it has not yet achieved the desired result, it does not mean that we should give up on it, on the contrary, we should continue our work with greater persistence, while at the same time finding more effective and efficient ways to make it a success. for:
That’s all, I want to finish my response, once again sending my deep assurance of respect to the Holy Father, and expressing the hope that with united efforts, we will get our nation out of this crisis situation and open a path of sustainable development for it. God help us all.”