Move Over Marie Antoinette
Everyone’s heard the attribution of “let them eat cake” to Marie Antoinette. It turns out she probably never said it. The same, or a similar, line appears in a French source at a time when she was but a child, and it’s attributed to a princess. The same sort of story apparently circulates in many societies, attributing utter disregard, incomprehension, and lack of empathy for those who are in poverty by those who are wealthy and/or in power.
Well, now, we, Armenians, can proudly assert that we have the real thing, not just some apocryphal story. In fact, we got two for the price of one, Hakob Hakobyan and Khosrov Harutyunyan, both members of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) and seated in Parliament (National Assembly).
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Shameful, disgusting insensitive.
Hakobian and Harutunian are not the only two members of Parliament that have shown no interest to improve the economic conditions of the population.
The parliament is loaded with members who are merely stooges of the oligarchs. Unfortunately they were elected.
The issue is not that the poor have no money to buy expensive products, but the reality is that they are in dire conditions and live well below any humane and acceptable poverty line; they can’t even put food on their tables to survive.
Regardless of what your leanings are about the political environment in Armenia, this is not defendable nor acceptable.
Sad reality about the callousness and lack of reaction, tepid at most, from the other membrs of Paliament.
Vart Adjemian
What are we doing about it
the Cinicism of this two “parlamentaries” the best indicator of persons level of education. This is the level of 95% of Armenian Parliament Bunch of Vulgars.
Avec des individus pareils, les turcs et azeris sont tranquilles.l’Arménie se détruit de l’intérieur. 😡
BRAVO!!!!!! ET QUE FAISONS NOUS? Ca ne sert a rien de critiquer, il faut agir!!!!!!!
these creatures don’t have the right to be called Armenian ignorant self centered liability to a precious culture that needs service and unselfish care….I wonder what Kachen Vartan would have done with them