At a recent press conference, the president said he was going to discuss with the Parliament, heads of  administrations, and the society how it is best to use the money for the further development of the country.  I was mostly impressed by the three-hour press conference, because just this approach lies  in the basis of the modern formula of power.

          A modern successful  state - is the most complex organism in which decisions are taken jointly as well as the body's natural response to external  influence is formed by  all the parts and functions. Western politicians realized this decades ago and are happy to use this mechanism, since the decision is largely shifted to the shoulders of  the society - of course, and the responsibility too!


          An idea is thrown into the public consciousness, experts  discuss it in different directions, gradually political parties and movements switch up  considering if  this idea  is good or bad, then a wide public, having already reflecting on the material for a thought, expresses  opinion by the means of all kinds of surveys. The authority makes a final decision and it can not completely ignore the opinion of the population, and therefore usually tries to find mutually acceptable compromises.

          In such a scenario - besides to the main benefit - a number of advantages are achieved, an atmosphere of cooperation arises in the country, the expert community is more intensively used, compelled to be distracted from the purely academic studies, political parties demonstrate to their supporters activity and understanding (or misunderstanding) of a real situation, and ordinary citizens have the opportunity to participate  personally (through press) and fully (through surveys, demonstrations, appeals, etc.) in decision making. In general, the whole society is learning to realize and defend their interests.

          Such a small country as Abkhazia, which has therewith deep roots of democracy, God himself told to  follow this formula of power  - and then a stable public confidence arises, without which  an  effective power is unthinkable.

          Then it will be  impossible to do  such dubious things as the recent "modernization" of the railway, to close the sanatorium MVO which reliably worked, hasty increase of tariffs for mobile long-distance calls, and etc.

                                                                                              Nadezhda Venedictova