Epress.am News from Armenia
Singer Shushan Petrosyan, who will be contesting a parliamentary seat on the ruling Republican Party of Armenia’s (HHK) ticket, aims to take the place of Armenia’s Minister of Culture, composer and musician Vahan Artsruni told reporters in Yerevan earlier today.
“Shushan has clearly formulated her goals: she is preparing to battle, to fight. Sitting on that seat, Shushan certainly has a clearer picture on the art world, beginning from visual art to the theatrical arts, and she is definitely closer to this sector,” he said.
The fellow artist also pointed to the singer’s interior motives. “From what I understand, Shushan shares HHK’s ideology, and I respect conceptual people, those artists who have ideas and serve them. In that case, their actions as citizens are justified.”
Another speaker at the press conference, jazz musician Armen Tutunjyan (Chico), mentioned that there have been artists in Armenia’s parliament in the past, but nothing has changed over the years.
“This isn’t the first case; in the past too we had Robert Amirkhanyan and other intellectuals, and why does it seem that tomorrow Shushan Petrosyan will come along and everything will change?” he asked.
According to singer-songwriter Artavazd Bayatyan, those who enter politics are those who have failed in other endeavors. “This is a very common practice around the world. If we trace the biographies of all reputable politicians, then we will see that they had other professions, then they entered politics. They have a rush to dominate, but a good artist is himself already a good ruler [in his profession] and has no issues.”