Originally posted by Baron Dants I'm still not sold.
What will happen is that candidates will try to please the diaspora, and might neglect the needs of Armenia just to get the diasporan vote.
For instance, one might say "we will build a museum honouring diasporans" or some other waste of money like that. Diasporans will say "hooray" and will vote for it. The construction of the museum will be funded by government money, which had to be cut from other domains like, for example, education or health.
And people will vote because they have some sort of information, but will usually do so based on their own needs, based on what they see around them. Which is why it is perfectly normal for an Armenian-American to vote.....in the American elections.
Informed or not, if you're gonna vote, you have to live the consequences. I'm not against diasporans voting....they should just live in Armenia if they want to do it...but then, they are no longer diasporans. So yes, I'm against diasporans voting.
What will happen is that candidates will try to please the diaspora, and might neglect the needs of Armenia just to get the diasporan vote.
For instance, one might say "we will build a museum honouring diasporans" or some other waste of money like that. Diasporans will say "hooray" and will vote for it. The construction of the museum will be funded by government money, which had to be cut from other domains like, for example, education or health.
And people will vote because they have some sort of information, but will usually do so based on their own needs, based on what they see around them. Which is why it is perfectly normal for an Armenian-American to vote.....in the American elections.
Informed or not, if you're gonna vote, you have to live the consequences. I'm not against diasporans voting....they should just live in Armenia if they want to do it...but then, they are no longer diasporans. So yes, I'm against diasporans voting.
Ok, what if we ban american armenian from the vote ?
I think, it is compulsory. At least for the ones that feel neglected by armenia's gov and want to intervene a little. Paying is a good mean people to understand "better" their responsibility (yes, it has its shortcomings).
By the way, we have to wait the next government to see some evolution. there is no expectation concerning diaspora from this one.
One thing that get on my nerves is the pretexte of being a young democracy. In which book was stated that we have to wait 50years (I'm exagerating) before planning investment ? Serbie, even after a destroyed economy, is structuring itself in order to attract capital. There's all about stagnation, because it serves the needs of some people.
By the way, this site will help you improve your french.
http://www.courrierinternational.com/actual/accueil.asp
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