Filmed in 1969, “We and Our Mountains” movie, directed by Henrik Malyan, begins with episodes depicting world events: wars, rock festivals, sexual revolution and police who are dispersing rallies. Against this backdrop of dynamic and changes, at once, to the quiet, mournful music of the duduk we view the life of shepherds and their naive judgment on the world situation in the mountains of Soviet Armenia, isolated by the "Iron Curtain". The beginning of the movie is very profound, symbolic and impressive.

If the thoughtful philosophical judgments of the shepherds of Soviet Armenia, cut off from the world with an "iron curtain", are humanly understandable and, why not, also interesting, now, when there is no "Iron Curtain", but war is once again knocking on our door, information is spreading instantly at lightning speed, and the processes taking place in the world are interconnected, the debates of the Armenian parliamentarians, in contrast to the reflections of the shepherds of the film in the mountains, are neither comprehensible nor interesting, but on the contrary, are complicated and monotonous.

The parliamentary majority and minorities are irreplaceable for each other and are a source of mutually vital energy. Being fed by each other, they try to get public legitimacy. The minorities try to imitate the "struggle" against the government in order to somehow justify their appearance in the parliament, and the majority justifies its power by the logic of the "former-present" opposition. And all this is "spiced" with endless shows of blaming each other for the defeat of the war. Meanwhile, serious processes are taking place around us, which determine the fate of the nation, and about which there are no sober and logical discussions. This implies a deep mental and moral decline.

While the "shepherds" of the current parliament of Armenia are arguing with each other over trivial issues, very important and intensive developments are taking place, the urgency of which can be judged from the constant war games of all our neighbors, frequent visits of high-ranking politicians, torrents of statements and from the involvement of more and more influential countries in the processes of the South Caucasus region.

There is almost no discussion, no press conference, no keynote address or analysis, no clear position and explanation against this background. It is difficult to imagine such an irresponsible and faceless parliament at such a crucial juncture. But until when?