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RULING COALITION PARTIES FIXATED ON THE NOTION OF "BELIEF"
Grisha Balasanyan
hetq
14:35, March 23, 2012
The three parties that comprise the ruling coalition of Armenia -
Republican, Prosperous Armenia, Rule of Law - seem to have jointly
decided on campaign slogans in the run-up to the May 6 parliamentary
elections.
They all use the word "belief".
The Republican Party has decided on the slogan - "Believe that we
will change things"
Prosperous Armenia declares - "Believe and confide in us"
Rule of Law extols - "Believe that we will build a country of laws"
Not to creative, right?
Political analyst Manvel Sargsyan told Hetq that the coalition, deep
down , feels what is missing and can't exist given such a reality,
so they make placards about it.
"There's a crisis of belief right now, so they have latched on
to the theme so that their opponents can't beat them to the gun,"
said Sargsyan.
He said that the use of the word won't really impact on voters since
they can see what these parties have actually done for them.
"How do they expect the electorate to believe in them given their track
record until now?" Sargsyan noted. "Sure, it's easy for a monopolist
to declare that monopolies should be wiped away. It's another thing
to take specific action in that direction."
The analyst argued that these three parties say one thing and do
something entirely different.
"They're living in a world of contradiction and voters are too smart
to fall for populist slogans," Sargsyan said.
Grisha Balasanyan
hetq
14:35, March 23, 2012
The three parties that comprise the ruling coalition of Armenia -
Republican, Prosperous Armenia, Rule of Law - seem to have jointly
decided on campaign slogans in the run-up to the May 6 parliamentary
elections.
They all use the word "belief".
The Republican Party has decided on the slogan - "Believe that we
will change things"
Prosperous Armenia declares - "Believe and confide in us"
Rule of Law extols - "Believe that we will build a country of laws"
Not to creative, right?
Political analyst Manvel Sargsyan told Hetq that the coalition, deep
down , feels what is missing and can't exist given such a reality,
so they make placards about it.
"There's a crisis of belief right now, so they have latched on
to the theme so that their opponents can't beat them to the gun,"
said Sargsyan.
He said that the use of the word won't really impact on voters since
they can see what these parties have actually done for them.
"How do they expect the electorate to believe in them given their track
record until now?" Sargsyan noted. "Sure, it's easy for a monopolist
to declare that monopolies should be wiped away. It's another thing
to take specific action in that direction."
The analyst argued that these three parties say one thing and do
something entirely different.
"They're living in a world of contradiction and voters are too smart
to fall for populist slogans," Sargsyan said.