Politics

Primary deal was cut

06.05.2007

The polls conducted by various organizations have controversial results. On one hand it turns out that 85% of the people are sure that the government is corrupt and on the other hand 40% is going to vote for either the RPA or Prosperous Armenia. Of course the government doesn’t agree with the first results and …

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Doesn’t ARP need to campaign?

03.05.2007

Yesterday RA prime minister and chair of ARP board Serge Sargsyan had a meeting with the citizens of Syunik region. “I have come here to receive confidence and power from you, which will enable me to solve the problems of our state,” said Sargsyan. In Meghri, the prime minister announced that past rumors saying that …

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Demirchyan and Geghamyan should flip coins

03.05.2007

Yesterday the head of “Republic” party, Aram Sargsyan, had a meeting with voters in Vardenis, where he accused certain people in failing to unite the opposition. Mr. Sargsyan believes that the program of uniting was disrupted first of all by the opposition members themselves. He also informed of certain names he believes are guilty in …

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Why? Oh why?

03.05.2007

Perhaps it’s not clear for many people…the real motives behind the secretly-recorded conversation of Artur Baghdasaryan, Robert Kocharyan’s opinion of this being “treachery”, Baghdasaryan’s response to that, etc. Many people don’t have any doubt that this secret recording was initiated by the National Security Service. Many questions originate in this regard. For example, why does …

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Residents of Yerevan are passive

03.05.2007

The Democratic Way Party (DWP) has held meetings in 117 residence areas of Armenia during the campaign period. During the press conference held by the first three candidates of the proportional list of DWP, Manuk Gasparyan, Arshak Sadoyan and Aghsai Arshakyan said that during their meetings only the residents of Gyumri, Mkhchyan, Zovuni and Shahumyan …

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No followers

03.05.2007

On April 28, the Armenian National Movement announced that it is not going to participate in the elections “with the purpose of promoting the consolidation of the oppositional electorate” and the hope that other political parties will follow in their footsteps. It turned out that there will be no followers. During an interview with “168 …

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Color revolution in Armenia is possible only theoretically

03.05.2007

During his exclusive interview to Russian “Nezavisimaya Gazeta”, Serge Sargsyan spoke about the campaign, foreign policy, and the internal situation of the country. – The Republican Party, which you head, should perhaps not have any problems during the campaign. What are the chances of the opposition parties during elections? – I can already predict the …

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In line, in order and one by one

03.05.2007

On Monday, leader of the Armenian Popular Party Stepan Demirchyan visited the Gegharkunik Marz, where he responded to the assurances of Serge Sargsyan to strengthen the fight against corruption by claiming that the existing government itself “is buried in corruption”. “The high-ranking government offices have turned into a means of starting a business,” said Demirchyan …

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History as a witness

03.05.2007

The press divan of the Social Democratic Hnchakyan Party administration dispersed a message on Monday in which it is said that ARF member Vahan Hovhannisyan had told “Radio Liberty” a couple of days ago that besides the Dashnaks, neither the Hnchaks nor the Ramkavars exist in the Armenian Diaspora. “We are not surprised by this …

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Appetite for more than 5%

03.05.2007

The appetite of all Armenian political parties has grown during this pre-election period. No political party is satisfied with its 5% in the future parliament. They have the appetite for at least 15-20%, including the political parties that were founded just last year. It is clear that among those parties with a huge appetite is …

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