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ELECTION BENTLEY HOLINESS
HAKOB BADALYAN
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/comments25734.html
Published: 14:58:07 - 06/04/2012
The forces running for parliament, in particular, the Armenian National
Congress and the Prosperous Armenia Party have sent the Republican
Party, especially Serzh Sargsyan, into an awkward situation by forming
the joint headquarters to monitor the elections.
By the way, the interesting thing is that the other political forces
which joined the headquarters have some doubts on its activities.
ARFD, Heritage and Free Democrats stated that the principles of
activities of the headquarters need to be clarified and if certain
issues are not clarified they will end their participation.
They hint at Prosperous Armenia Party which organizes its election
activities by the "classic and traditional" rules and methods but has
been left out of the Congress' attention which proclaimed itself the
only opposition.
It means that the situation for Serzh Sargsyan only seems unpleasant,
while in reality the joint headquarters and the Congress-PAP
partnership is a brilliant possibility for him to present the joint
headquarters as fight against the government and not an opposition
alliance for principles and values.
The point is that Prosperous Armenia with its methods, approaches,
essence and structure and a biography similar to that RPA enters
into such an alliance, the Republican Party can present this union
as a hasty, situational initiative depending on the conjuncture the
core of which is not fair elections as a principle but fight against
the Republicans.
This fight in the public sense can be a "holy war" but when Prosperous
Armenia takes part in it, which is standing near the Republican Party,
the war stops being "holy" or becomes "a Bentley holiness war".
The "Bentley saints" enjoy Serzh Sargsyan's support and do not become
propaganda targets, meanwhile the election campaign "Bentley", if it
is not driven by or for Serzh Sargsyan, will surely become a target.
Hence, if Prosperous Armenia does not change its election and political
behavior, Serzh Sargsyan will have a wonderful opportunity to say
that not he alone commits fraud, everyone else around him does,
so he cannot believe anyone.
Since in this case, Serzh Sargsyan will pronounce what the society
sees, then the society will believe Serzh Sargsyan more at least for
this case. Meanwhile, in the election period, Serzh Sargsyan needs
the society to trust him at least for one case. Moreover, he is sure
that the society will believe none of his other words.
HAKOB BADALYAN
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/comments25734.html
Published: 14:58:07 - 06/04/2012
The forces running for parliament, in particular, the Armenian National
Congress and the Prosperous Armenia Party have sent the Republican
Party, especially Serzh Sargsyan, into an awkward situation by forming
the joint headquarters to monitor the elections.
By the way, the interesting thing is that the other political forces
which joined the headquarters have some doubts on its activities.
ARFD, Heritage and Free Democrats stated that the principles of
activities of the headquarters need to be clarified and if certain
issues are not clarified they will end their participation.
They hint at Prosperous Armenia Party which organizes its election
activities by the "classic and traditional" rules and methods but has
been left out of the Congress' attention which proclaimed itself the
only opposition.
It means that the situation for Serzh Sargsyan only seems unpleasant,
while in reality the joint headquarters and the Congress-PAP
partnership is a brilliant possibility for him to present the joint
headquarters as fight against the government and not an opposition
alliance for principles and values.
The point is that Prosperous Armenia with its methods, approaches,
essence and structure and a biography similar to that RPA enters
into such an alliance, the Republican Party can present this union
as a hasty, situational initiative depending on the conjuncture the
core of which is not fair elections as a principle but fight against
the Republicans.
This fight in the public sense can be a "holy war" but when Prosperous
Armenia takes part in it, which is standing near the Republican Party,
the war stops being "holy" or becomes "a Bentley holiness war".
The "Bentley saints" enjoy Serzh Sargsyan's support and do not become
propaganda targets, meanwhile the election campaign "Bentley", if it
is not driven by or for Serzh Sargsyan, will surely become a target.
Hence, if Prosperous Armenia does not change its election and political
behavior, Serzh Sargsyan will have a wonderful opportunity to say
that not he alone commits fraud, everyone else around him does,
so he cannot believe anyone.
Since in this case, Serzh Sargsyan will pronounce what the society
sees, then the society will believe Serzh Sargsyan more at least for
this case. Meanwhile, in the election period, Serzh Sargsyan needs
the society to trust him at least for one case. Moreover, he is sure
that the society will believe none of his other words.