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OPPOSITION CANDIDATES SHOULD UNITE AGAINST REGIME
http://www.a1plus.am/en/politics/2013/01/23/edgar-vardanyan
01:37 PM | TODAY | POLITICS
Serzh Sargsyan has launched his presidential campaign with numerous
unresolved problems, with the ruling regime still suffering from a
legitimacy deficit, political analyst Edgar Vardanyan told journalists
on January 23.
"The regime was undemocratic before the tenure of [incumbent President]
Serzh Sargsyan, the presidential candidate of the ruling Republican
Party of Armenia (HHK), and remains undemocratic during Sargsyan's
term in office," he said.
The expert of the Armenian Center for National and International
Studies (ACNIS) notes that Serzh Sargsyan has adopted a more lenient
policy, given the uncertain situation in the opposition field and the
promise of the West to support the regime provided that the upcoming
presidential election qualitatively exceeded the previous ones. At
the same time, he reminded that the delegation of the Parliamentary
Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has already given a harsh
assessment of the non-democratic conduct of the regime.
The political analyst says a new political situation may emerge in
the country irrespective of the election outcome.
"When people are in a dead-end situation, they begin to contemplate
over changes and eventually make these changes in the result
of unrelenting struggle," said Mr Vardanyan. "If the opposition
candidates want to succeed, they need to promote the formation of a
new opposition movement. They should unite and win the election held
in non-democratic conditions," he added.
http://www.a1plus.am/en/politics/2013/01/23/edgar-vardanyan
01:37 PM | TODAY | POLITICS
Serzh Sargsyan has launched his presidential campaign with numerous
unresolved problems, with the ruling regime still suffering from a
legitimacy deficit, political analyst Edgar Vardanyan told journalists
on January 23.
"The regime was undemocratic before the tenure of [incumbent President]
Serzh Sargsyan, the presidential candidate of the ruling Republican
Party of Armenia (HHK), and remains undemocratic during Sargsyan's
term in office," he said.
The expert of the Armenian Center for National and International
Studies (ACNIS) notes that Serzh Sargsyan has adopted a more lenient
policy, given the uncertain situation in the opposition field and the
promise of the West to support the regime provided that the upcoming
presidential election qualitatively exceeded the previous ones. At
the same time, he reminded that the delegation of the Parliamentary
Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has already given a harsh
assessment of the non-democratic conduct of the regime.
The political analyst says a new political situation may emerge in
the country irrespective of the election outcome.
"When people are in a dead-end situation, they begin to contemplate
over changes and eventually make these changes in the result
of unrelenting struggle," said Mr Vardanyan. "If the opposition
candidates want to succeed, they need to promote the formation of a
new opposition movement. They should unite and win the election held
in non-democratic conditions," he added.