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ARMENIA'S NEXT PARLIAMENT TO INCLUDE HAK, HHK, BHK, BUT NOT ARF-D OR HERITAGE PARTY: STRATEGIST
epress.am
02.14.2012
The Armenian National Congress (HAK), the Republican Party of Armenia
(HHK) and Prosperous Armenia (BHK) might have nearly an equal number
of seats in the parliament to be elected in May 2012, if HAK and BHK
intelligently cooperate and not allow HHK to "paint" the numbers (i.e.
fix the votes), said electoral and political strategist Armen Badalyan,
speaking to journalists in the capital today.
According to Badalyan, these three are the most influential forces in
politics, while the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun,
or ARF-D) and the Heritage Party are among the second, less influential
category of political parties.
"I very much doubt that ARF-D will find a place in the next
parliament. ARF-D has a tendency to regress - there's no reason for
this to change. Supporters of an Armenia 'from sea to sea' haven't
increased; ARF-D leaders haven't changed.
"The Heritage Party also doesn't have potential. It's a leader-based
party, and [its leader] Raffi Hovannisian makes an appearance in the
[political] arena once in a million," he said.
The remaining parties - according to Badalyan, "dead" OEK (Orinats
Yerkir or Rule of Law) and "virtual" parties such as the Free
Democrats, the communists and so on - have no chance of getting into
the National Assembly.
"There will be painting [fudging the numbers], but to what extent
is the question. If it doesn't cooperate reasonably, HAK won't lose
anything - it will continue to remain opposition, while for BHK this
period is decisive. BHK won't be forgiven for not becoming HHK's
attache," he said.
Weighing in on the possible BHK-HAK collaboration, political analyst
Karen Kocharyan, also speaking at today's press conference, said this
will never happen as BHK won't become an opposition force. According
to him, BHK from the start has never been a political force and the
only political face of that party is MP Naira Zohrabyan.
"There will be few [incidents of] traditional electoral fraud. Votes
will be bought. This was proven also by the Hrazdan elections,"
he said.
epress.am
02.14.2012
The Armenian National Congress (HAK), the Republican Party of Armenia
(HHK) and Prosperous Armenia (BHK) might have nearly an equal number
of seats in the parliament to be elected in May 2012, if HAK and BHK
intelligently cooperate and not allow HHK to "paint" the numbers (i.e.
fix the votes), said electoral and political strategist Armen Badalyan,
speaking to journalists in the capital today.
According to Badalyan, these three are the most influential forces in
politics, while the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun,
or ARF-D) and the Heritage Party are among the second, less influential
category of political parties.
"I very much doubt that ARF-D will find a place in the next
parliament. ARF-D has a tendency to regress - there's no reason for
this to change. Supporters of an Armenia 'from sea to sea' haven't
increased; ARF-D leaders haven't changed.
"The Heritage Party also doesn't have potential. It's a leader-based
party, and [its leader] Raffi Hovannisian makes an appearance in the
[political] arena once in a million," he said.
The remaining parties - according to Badalyan, "dead" OEK (Orinats
Yerkir or Rule of Law) and "virtual" parties such as the Free
Democrats, the communists and so on - have no chance of getting into
the National Assembly.
"There will be painting [fudging the numbers], but to what extent
is the question. If it doesn't cooperate reasonably, HAK won't lose
anything - it will continue to remain opposition, while for BHK this
period is decisive. BHK won't be forgiven for not becoming HHK's
attache," he said.
Weighing in on the possible BHK-HAK collaboration, political analyst
Karen Kocharyan, also speaking at today's press conference, said this
will never happen as BHK won't become an opposition force. According
to him, BHK from the start has never been a political force and the
only political face of that party is MP Naira Zohrabyan.
"There will be few [incidents of] traditional electoral fraud. Votes
will be bought. This was proven also by the Hrazdan elections,"
he said.