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OLIGARCH VS. REVOLUTIONIST
Naira Hayrumyan
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/society25575.html
Published: 13:23:35 - 26/03/2012
Leader of Heritage party Raffi Hovhannisyan withdraw his candidacy
from Constituency N7 where he was running under the majority system.
ANC member, Editor-in-Chief of Haykakan Zhamanak daily Nikol Pashinyan
is also nominated in the same constituency, whom Raffi Hovhannisyan
actually ceded his place.
The argument between the opposition forces has been now solved, but
the main opponent remained ~V oligarch, monopolist-importer Samvel
Alexanyan is also running in this constituency.
He, of course, is not better than other oligarchs, but his name is
pronounced more often. Every time the government voices intention
not to allow oligarchs into the parliament, everyone remembers Samvel
Alexanyan. He seems to have become a symbol of oligarchy and resistance
to reforms.
In this context, the fight between Alexanyan and Nikol Pashinyan will
symbolize the fight between the oligarchic system and freedom. The
general image from the elections will depend largely on the outcome
of elections at the Constituency N7.
If Samvel Alexanyan activates the traditional potential ~V bribe,
terror, frauds and enters the parliament, it will mean that nothing
will change in Armenia and that the oligarchy is as strong as before
and the authorities support it.
But if Nikol Pashinyan succeeds to win, it will mean that the public
opinion in Armenia is strengthening and displacing the rough oligarchic
force.
Nikol Pashinyan managed to get a little ambiguous image of
disinterested revolutionist, ready to make sacrifices for the sake
of freedom. And now, this image is contrasted with the image of an
oligarch, who crawls all day in everyone~Rs pocket.
From: Baghdasarian
Naira Hayrumyan
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/society25575.html
Published: 13:23:35 - 26/03/2012
Leader of Heritage party Raffi Hovhannisyan withdraw his candidacy
from Constituency N7 where he was running under the majority system.
ANC member, Editor-in-Chief of Haykakan Zhamanak daily Nikol Pashinyan
is also nominated in the same constituency, whom Raffi Hovhannisyan
actually ceded his place.
The argument between the opposition forces has been now solved, but
the main opponent remained ~V oligarch, monopolist-importer Samvel
Alexanyan is also running in this constituency.
He, of course, is not better than other oligarchs, but his name is
pronounced more often. Every time the government voices intention
not to allow oligarchs into the parliament, everyone remembers Samvel
Alexanyan. He seems to have become a symbol of oligarchy and resistance
to reforms.
In this context, the fight between Alexanyan and Nikol Pashinyan will
symbolize the fight between the oligarchic system and freedom. The
general image from the elections will depend largely on the outcome
of elections at the Constituency N7.
If Samvel Alexanyan activates the traditional potential ~V bribe,
terror, frauds and enters the parliament, it will mean that nothing
will change in Armenia and that the oligarchy is as strong as before
and the authorities support it.
But if Nikol Pashinyan succeeds to win, it will mean that the public
opinion in Armenia is strengthening and displacing the rough oligarchic
force.
Nikol Pashinyan managed to get a little ambiguous image of
disinterested revolutionist, ready to make sacrifices for the sake
of freedom. And now, this image is contrasted with the image of an
oligarch, who crawls all day in everyone~Rs pocket.
From: Baghdasarian