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Armenia's opposition forces missed their chance - expert
tert.am
17:05 - 16.08.12
Armenia's political opposition forces failed to take advantage of the
local elections and missed the chance to unite round a joint candidate
on the threshold of presidential election in Armenia, Aharon
Adibekyan, Head of the Sociometer center, told journalists on Thurday.
`If the opposition forces had united before the presidential election
and agreed on a joint candidate, the local elections were a good
occasion, but they missed the chance,' Adibekyan said.
They would have been represented in at least 250 of 750 election
districts and polled voiced, which might have proved useful in
presidential election. The possibility of a joint presidential
candidate being nominated `is vanishing,' the expert said.
In contrast to the opposition, the ruling Republican Party of Armenia
(RPA) is well aware local elections are important. The RPA is
represented in 70 to 75 of Armenia's communities, Prosperous Armenia
Party (PAP) and Rule of Law party in 20 to 25 percent and small
parties in five percent of the communities.
The evasive approach to local elections by the radical opposition
force, Armenian National Congress (ANC) bloc, as well as by `ones
involved in other wings,' is reminiscent of Aesop's fox that cannot
reach the cluster of grapes and says, `they are sour.' `So the
opposition fails to prove up to the mark at local elections and says
`it is sour,' Adibekyan said.
Armenia's opposition forces are seeking the shortest way. `They think
there is a lift to bring them up to the presidential residence. They
forget they have to go upstairs, and local elections are one of the
points on this way,' the expert said.
tert.am
17:05 - 16.08.12
Armenia's political opposition forces failed to take advantage of the
local elections and missed the chance to unite round a joint candidate
on the threshold of presidential election in Armenia, Aharon
Adibekyan, Head of the Sociometer center, told journalists on Thurday.
`If the opposition forces had united before the presidential election
and agreed on a joint candidate, the local elections were a good
occasion, but they missed the chance,' Adibekyan said.
They would have been represented in at least 250 of 750 election
districts and polled voiced, which might have proved useful in
presidential election. The possibility of a joint presidential
candidate being nominated `is vanishing,' the expert said.
In contrast to the opposition, the ruling Republican Party of Armenia
(RPA) is well aware local elections are important. The RPA is
represented in 70 to 75 of Armenia's communities, Prosperous Armenia
Party (PAP) and Rule of Law party in 20 to 25 percent and small
parties in five percent of the communities.
The evasive approach to local elections by the radical opposition
force, Armenian National Congress (ANC) bloc, as well as by `ones
involved in other wings,' is reminiscent of Aesop's fox that cannot
reach the cluster of grapes and says, `they are sour.' `So the
opposition fails to prove up to the mark at local elections and says
`it is sour,' Adibekyan said.
Armenia's opposition forces are seeking the shortest way. `They think
there is a lift to bring them up to the presidential residence. They
forget they have to go upstairs, and local elections are one of the
points on this way,' the expert said.