Accountability Now

Great governments of great countries make great promises to their voters, and have greater and more visible failures. The small governments of the small countries make smaller promises - and have smaller failures... The government of Armenia doesn't really promise anything. They give all there is to give to the voter before the elections - and that is 1000-2000 AMD. They buy themselves out of accountability. When a voter gets paid for voting, the social responsibility of the paying side to enter into a contractual relationship, govern on behalf of the voter vanishes. That is exactly why the American people can afford to call their government to account, and we - Armenians, can't...


Accountability is perhaps one of the greatest problems in every country. Construction of a Civil Society capable of holding the government to account is an even greater problem. But maybe one day these problems will find a solution in Armenia as well? Who knows!