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PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS SHOWED HOW DEGRADED ARMENIAN SOCIETY HAS BECOME - POLITICAL TECHNOLOGIST
news.am
May 08, 2012 | 09:45
YEREVAN. - Armenia's National Assembly (NA) elections on May 6 were
not elections, but rather a financial event, political technologist
Armen Badalyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
"The elections are when the population manifests a will and changes
the authorities by the right given to it by the law. The society's
political attitude is manifested during elections, and this happened
in France. In Armenia [, however,] everything was different. A desired
schematic was formed, [and] then-[and] with the help of money-they
turned it into a real picture," he said.
"It is meaningless for the Republicans [i.e., the ruling Republican
Party of Armenia (RPA)] to form a coalition. They can do what they
want without it," Armen Badalyan added.
Commenting on the opposition bloc Armenian National Congress' entry to
the NA, he noted that the matter of being or not being is unimportant.
"No matter who is in the legislative body, the levers are in the
RPA's hands. The others can change nothing," Badalyan repeated.
The political technologist also noted that May 6 showed how degraded
the Armenian society is.
"People are going after who gives how much money, and not [after]
ideas," Armen Badalyan concluded.
To note, Armenia's Central Electoral Commission has issued the
preliminary results of the May 6 parliamentary elections. Five parties
and one political bloc will be represented in the 131-seat National
Assembly (Parliament) of Armenia: Republican Party of Armenia - 44.05%
(663,066 votes), Prosperous Armenia Party - 30.20% (454,684 votes),
Armenian National Congress - 7.10% (106,910 votes), Heritage Party -
5.79% (87,095 votes), ARF Dashnaktsutyun Party - 5.73% (86, 296 votes),
and Orinats Yerkir Party - 5.49% (82,690 votes).
news.am
May 08, 2012 | 09:45
YEREVAN. - Armenia's National Assembly (NA) elections on May 6 were
not elections, but rather a financial event, political technologist
Armen Badalyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
"The elections are when the population manifests a will and changes
the authorities by the right given to it by the law. The society's
political attitude is manifested during elections, and this happened
in France. In Armenia [, however,] everything was different. A desired
schematic was formed, [and] then-[and] with the help of money-they
turned it into a real picture," he said.
"It is meaningless for the Republicans [i.e., the ruling Republican
Party of Armenia (RPA)] to form a coalition. They can do what they
want without it," Armen Badalyan added.
Commenting on the opposition bloc Armenian National Congress' entry to
the NA, he noted that the matter of being or not being is unimportant.
"No matter who is in the legislative body, the levers are in the
RPA's hands. The others can change nothing," Badalyan repeated.
The political technologist also noted that May 6 showed how degraded
the Armenian society is.
"People are going after who gives how much money, and not [after]
ideas," Armen Badalyan concluded.
To note, Armenia's Central Electoral Commission has issued the
preliminary results of the May 6 parliamentary elections. Five parties
and one political bloc will be represented in the 131-seat National
Assembly (Parliament) of Armenia: Republican Party of Armenia - 44.05%
(663,066 votes), Prosperous Armenia Party - 30.20% (454,684 votes),
Armenian National Congress - 7.10% (106,910 votes), Heritage Party -
5.79% (87,095 votes), ARF Dashnaktsutyun Party - 5.73% (86, 296 votes),
and Orinats Yerkir Party - 5.49% (82,690 votes).