We must work hard and persistently so that Armenia never becomes  one-party dictatorship - Avetik Chalabyan 

ArmInfo. We must work hard and persistently so that Armenia never becomes a one-party  dictatorship, so that the courts are independent, the rule of law prevails, political opponents are not arrested on trumped-up charges, and businessmen and their enterprises do not become objects of arbitrary expropriation. This was written on his Facebook page by public and political figure Avetik Chalabyan.

In his article, he recalled that, together with his co-authors James  Robinson and Simon Johnson, the Nobel Prize in Economics this year  was awarded to Daron Acemoglu, an economist of Armenian origin, born  and raised in Istanbul and working mainly in the United States. "This  is an important achievement for these scholars, since their work is  still very fresh (Nobel Prizes are often awarded 30-40 years after  the publication of scientific papers). Acemoglu and Robinson's most  famous work, Why Nations Fail, was published only 12 years ago and,  despite controversies on many issues, instantly became a worldwide  bestseller. The most important thesis of this fundamental work is to  identify the connection between the economic success of countries and  the political system in force in them, using the example of many  countries. The authors provide extensive evidence that, all other  things being equal, countries with competitive and inclusive  political systems achieve economic success, as a result of which the  judicial system becomes more independent and effective, political  pressure on businessmen and the burden of corruption are  significantly lower. Although there are some exceptions to this  pattern, in general it clearly works for similar countries. The  differences between the countries of Latin America and Africa are  most striking: countries with inclusive, democratic and stable  political systems have achieved much greater economic success than  countries in which "one party or military dictatorships dominate,"  Chalabyan noted.

He noted with regret that today Armenia is still far from this, but  if it wants to remain viable and succeed in its predatory external  environment, it has no other choice. "We must work hard and  persistently so that Armenia never turns into a one-party  dictatorship, so that the courts are independent, the rule of law  prevails, political opponents are not arrested on trumped-up charges,  and businessmen and their enterprises do not become objects of  arbitrary expropriation," Avetik Chalabyan noted.