Politics

Republic square is left

07.04.2012

While the whole political field and society are fully delved in the pre-election developments the government takes more dangerous and suspicious steps in the foreign political sector. A few days ago Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan during his interview to Kommersant Russian newspaper stated that in the event if Russia and Azerbaijan do not come …

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Divide to be reproduced

05.04.2012

One of the main factors of Armenia’s elections has become electoral bribe. From elections to elections the methods of electoral bribery have developed as brute methods have been replaced by more civilized methods and the amounts of electoral bribes have been increased as well. Before every election debates result in the following conclusion: the authorities …

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Who will join the ANC?

05.04.2012

Will the opposition parties demand the resignation of the Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan after the NA elections? Last week, during the ANC rally the leader of the Congress Levon Ter-Petrosyan stated that in the event of the formation of a strong faction in the parliament they will immediately get to the aim of demanding Serzh …

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Demanding everybody’s but nobody’s resignation

05.04.2012

ANC Leader Levon Ter-Petrosyan announced at the rally on Friday, that along with other demands, he intends to raise the issue of the RA President Serzh Sargsyan’s resignation, once they gain “weighty parliamentary fraction” after parliamentary elections. “Considering that Serzh Sargsyan occupied the presidential seat through rough violations of the Election Code, election fraud, mass …

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RPA’s face

03.04.2012

“Our pre-election list is the face of our party,” said RPA deputy president Razmik Zohrabyan. The RPA’s list also includes former pro-opposition activists such as Artashes Geghamyan, Haik Babukhanyan and Khosrov Harutyunyan. In answer to our question whether the face of the RPA is the people that have changed their teams and political affiliation for …

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Let’s believe in order to change

03.04.2012

The Armenian national Congress held a demonstration in the Freedom square yesterday, which was in fact the beginning of their pre-election campaign. As it was expected, the ANC has focused on changing the power (“the cleptocratic power”) through the upcoming parliamentary elections. Maybe it is justified from the point of view of strategy as the …

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When did he become demanded?

31.03.2012

“Do you really think that Robert Kocharyan’s participation in the modernization of our country is not demanded? Do you think that Robert Kocharyan is not the effective manager who can return and see the shortcomings and mistakes of the government and correct those mistakes? Anyone who has worked with of course will appreciate his skills …

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Mechanics of electoral “kickback”

31.03.2012

Yesterday nothing extraordinary was reported in the Armenian political field. The opposition didn’t organize any protest march or picket. There was no statement of cooperation in regards to conducting “free, fair and transparent” elections. Thus, nowadays we may predict that the upcoming parliamentary elections will be held in comparatively calm atmosphere and without any shakings. …

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LS offers birth relief to be re-elected

31.03.2012

This pre-election period is the most interesting one in the history of modern Armenia. One of the most interesting things is the Legal State party too. Till now people thought that the LS did not have any opportunities to be elected in the next parliament. Even experts did not pay any attention to this party …

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Fake and foul science

31.03.2012

Last week was another week for disappointment from the point of view of both economy and politics. It is normal that in the pre-election period everything must be viewed through the prism of elections. The expectations for appreciation of the national currency did not come true. Iranians did not spend huge cash flow in the …

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