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Naira Hayrumyan
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/country25795.html
Published: 14:37:14 - 12/04/2012
For the last half year, elections were held in Armenia which were
called the rehearsal of the parliamentary elections. Elections were
held in Ijevan on November 13, 2011 and in Hrazdan on February 13.
There is a huge difference between these two elections. In Ijevan,
Prosperous Armenia candidate Vardan Galumyan defeated then-acting
Mayor and Republican candidate Varuzhan Nersisyan.
In Hrazdan, the acting Mayor, representing the Republican Party
of Armenia Aram Danielyan, won who defeating the Armenian National
Congress candidate Sasun Mikaelyan.
Actually, the elections in Ijevan showed that the Prosperous Armenia
can defeat the Republican party in some regions. This is first of all
connected with the fact that PAP is still considered the power's party,
which uses the same methods, as the RPA does, including the use of
the administrative resource. It has recently added to its resources
and charity also its oppositional, rather, "alternative" image.
The elections in Hrazdan showed that the Armenian National Congress
is strong too. Actually, the Congress candidate was closely following
the RPA candidate who hardly managed winning despite the fact that the
Congress didn't use the "traditional" ways of bribes, terror and else.
The main principle was the work against the power which succeeded in
some sense.
Both of these precedents suggest that the Republican Party will face,
during the parliamentary elections, both its political "twin" and
staunch opponent. Working on two fronts (not counting the Heritage and
ARFD), will not be easy for the RPA, if it does not come up with new,
efficient technologies, besides inflating voters' lists. What kind
of technology can the RPA apply, excluding the violence?
After the elections in Ijevan, the RPA stated that the victory of the
Prosperous Armenia party candidate was a proof to democracy in the
country. Most likely, the political technology of the upcoming election
will be the demonstrative refusal of the RPA of the parliamentary
majority which will be presented as democratic achievement and
Serzh Sargsyan's merit. These technologies are already in use: Serzh
Sargsyan has stated that the RPA, as the power's party, is responsible
not only for itself, but for all the others, who want to be elected
to parliament.
This means that in any outcome of the elections, the RPA will try to
present it as victory: if it gets the majority, it will be quantity
victory, if it's not - the RPA will receive a democratic image and
trust by its Western Partners.
With such an image, but preserving at the same time "the right of
elder", Serzh Sargsyan may propose coalition. True, yesterday it
was stated that only those who supports Serzh Sargsyan at the next
presidential election will be allowed into the coalition. But the
RPA may display "democracy" and cede.
Naira Hayrumyan
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/country25795.html
Published: 14:37:14 - 12/04/2012
For the last half year, elections were held in Armenia which were
called the rehearsal of the parliamentary elections. Elections were
held in Ijevan on November 13, 2011 and in Hrazdan on February 13.
There is a huge difference between these two elections. In Ijevan,
Prosperous Armenia candidate Vardan Galumyan defeated then-acting
Mayor and Republican candidate Varuzhan Nersisyan.
In Hrazdan, the acting Mayor, representing the Republican Party
of Armenia Aram Danielyan, won who defeating the Armenian National
Congress candidate Sasun Mikaelyan.
Actually, the elections in Ijevan showed that the Prosperous Armenia
can defeat the Republican party in some regions. This is first of all
connected with the fact that PAP is still considered the power's party,
which uses the same methods, as the RPA does, including the use of
the administrative resource. It has recently added to its resources
and charity also its oppositional, rather, "alternative" image.
The elections in Hrazdan showed that the Armenian National Congress
is strong too. Actually, the Congress candidate was closely following
the RPA candidate who hardly managed winning despite the fact that the
Congress didn't use the "traditional" ways of bribes, terror and else.
The main principle was the work against the power which succeeded in
some sense.
Both of these precedents suggest that the Republican Party will face,
during the parliamentary elections, both its political "twin" and
staunch opponent. Working on two fronts (not counting the Heritage and
ARFD), will not be easy for the RPA, if it does not come up with new,
efficient technologies, besides inflating voters' lists. What kind
of technology can the RPA apply, excluding the violence?
After the elections in Ijevan, the RPA stated that the victory of the
Prosperous Armenia party candidate was a proof to democracy in the
country. Most likely, the political technology of the upcoming election
will be the demonstrative refusal of the RPA of the parliamentary
majority which will be presented as democratic achievement and
Serzh Sargsyan's merit. These technologies are already in use: Serzh
Sargsyan has stated that the RPA, as the power's party, is responsible
not only for itself, but for all the others, who want to be elected
to parliament.
This means that in any outcome of the elections, the RPA will try to
present it as victory: if it gets the majority, it will be quantity
victory, if it's not - the RPA will receive a democratic image and
trust by its Western Partners.
With such an image, but preserving at the same time "the right of
elder", Serzh Sargsyan may propose coalition. True, yesterday it
was stated that only those who supports Serzh Sargsyan at the next
presidential election will be allowed into the coalition. But the
RPA may display "democracy" and cede.