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SILENCE BEFORE BIG "BANG"
Haik Aramyan
11:54 28/11/2012
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index.php/eng/0/comments/view/28181
There is a strange silence on the eve of the presidential election in
Armenia but there is a backstage activity. The possible participants
of the election process are trying to define their plans.
As of now, only the Republican Party has announced about its nominee.
There is no news from other camps, though Prosperous Armenia leader
Gagik Tsarukyan said he has a decision about which will announce soon.
The Armenian National Congress has not decided yet. According to
published information, the Congress is considering nomination of its
own candidate or supporting the PAP nominee. But it is not ruled out
that part of the Congress will support their candidate and the other
part will support the PAP.
The Heritage leader Raffi Hovannisian is in a difficult situation. He
has finally received his Armenian passport and a certificate stating
that he lived in Armenia for the past ten years but his wish of
the first and "triumphant" nomination is offset by his ambiguous
behavior during and after the parliamentary elections. Raffi has
lost his resource and either will have to endorse another candidate
or become an "ordinary" nominee.
The ARF's behavior is also uncertain. We can see that this party will
support the candidate who will safeguard government and business
quotas. Or, which is less likely, it will promote a nominee to be
able to bargain later.
The present political class of Armenia could not avoid this situation.
Everyone understands that this is the "last election" for the system
so they are trying to stay "afloat" at least for another five years.
The point is that the political class of Armenia is not adjusted
to the present home and foreign realities, it has failed to present
vital and acceptable ideas so it has appeared in a phase of inertia
which will be followed by its withdrawal from the political field.
Instead, we can see a stream of self-organization of the public which
is trying to restore its constitutional rights, including the right to
form government. The vice-president of Free Democrats Anush Sedrakyan
is a possible nominee for president, a representative of the civil
sector Andreas Ghukasyan is another possible nominee. The nomination
of these figures will be a "bang" marking the start of establishment
of constitutional Armenia. Against this background, the intrigues of
the current system, backstage agreements and hysterical propaganda
will just mark the end of this system.
Haik Aramyan
11:54 28/11/2012
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index.php/eng/0/comments/view/28181
There is a strange silence on the eve of the presidential election in
Armenia but there is a backstage activity. The possible participants
of the election process are trying to define their plans.
As of now, only the Republican Party has announced about its nominee.
There is no news from other camps, though Prosperous Armenia leader
Gagik Tsarukyan said he has a decision about which will announce soon.
The Armenian National Congress has not decided yet. According to
published information, the Congress is considering nomination of its
own candidate or supporting the PAP nominee. But it is not ruled out
that part of the Congress will support their candidate and the other
part will support the PAP.
The Heritage leader Raffi Hovannisian is in a difficult situation. He
has finally received his Armenian passport and a certificate stating
that he lived in Armenia for the past ten years but his wish of
the first and "triumphant" nomination is offset by his ambiguous
behavior during and after the parliamentary elections. Raffi has
lost his resource and either will have to endorse another candidate
or become an "ordinary" nominee.
The ARF's behavior is also uncertain. We can see that this party will
support the candidate who will safeguard government and business
quotas. Or, which is less likely, it will promote a nominee to be
able to bargain later.
The present political class of Armenia could not avoid this situation.
Everyone understands that this is the "last election" for the system
so they are trying to stay "afloat" at least for another five years.
The point is that the political class of Armenia is not adjusted
to the present home and foreign realities, it has failed to present
vital and acceptable ideas so it has appeared in a phase of inertia
which will be followed by its withdrawal from the political field.
Instead, we can see a stream of self-organization of the public which
is trying to restore its constitutional rights, including the right to
form government. The vice-president of Free Democrats Anush Sedrakyan
is a possible nominee for president, a representative of the civil
sector Andreas Ghukasyan is another possible nominee. The nomination
of these figures will be a "bang" marking the start of establishment
of constitutional Armenia. Against this background, the intrigues of
the current system, backstage agreements and hysterical propaganda
will just mark the end of this system.