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WHERE ARE ARMENIA'S OLIGARCHS? - NEWSPAPER
NEWS.AM
January 30, 2013 | 08:31
YEREVAN. - This year's presidential election in Armenia differs from
the previous one also in the sense that, in the previous voting, the
task of securing votes to the candidate of the authorities was placed,
first and foremost, upon the MPs that were elected into parliament
by way of majority election; and, as it is known, these MPs had a
criminal-oligarchic track-record, Chorrord Inknishkhanutyun (CI)
daily reports.
"In this election campaign, however, [the ruling Republican Party
candidate, incumbent President] Serzh Sargsyan's team has intentionally
isolated the oligarchs, wishing to create the illusion that, as if,
the criminal and the oligarchy are decoupled from the working regime.
So, according to CI's information, the instructions to secure votes
[for Sargsyan] outside [capital city] Yerevan are [now] handed down
to the regional governors, mayors, [and] village prefects; that is to
say, to the officials that hold office in the state apparatus. And
this means, now, they will rig [the presidential election] with
'lawful procedures,' too," Chorrord Inknishkhanutyun writes.
NEWS.AM
January 30, 2013 | 08:31
YEREVAN. - This year's presidential election in Armenia differs from
the previous one also in the sense that, in the previous voting, the
task of securing votes to the candidate of the authorities was placed,
first and foremost, upon the MPs that were elected into parliament
by way of majority election; and, as it is known, these MPs had a
criminal-oligarchic track-record, Chorrord Inknishkhanutyun (CI)
daily reports.
"In this election campaign, however, [the ruling Republican Party
candidate, incumbent President] Serzh Sargsyan's team has intentionally
isolated the oligarchs, wishing to create the illusion that, as if,
the criminal and the oligarchy are decoupled from the working regime.
So, according to CI's information, the instructions to secure votes
[for Sargsyan] outside [capital city] Yerevan are [now] handed down
to the regional governors, mayors, [and] village prefects; that is to
say, to the officials that hold office in the state apparatus. And
this means, now, they will rig [the presidential election] with
'lawful procedures,' too," Chorrord Inknishkhanutyun writes.