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Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
May 17 2013
Elections in an atmosphere of fear and money - 2
17 May 2013 - 8:25am
David Stepanyan, Yerevan. Exclusively to Vestnik Kavkaza
See Part 1 http://vestnikkavkaza.net/articles/politics/40329.html
The opposition doesn't intend to accept `the republican' activity.
`Hello, Yerevan!' and the ANC plan to appeal to the Administrative
Court for recognizing the results of the elections in the Council of
the Elders of Yerevan invalid. At the same time, Prosperous Armenia
which presents itself as the opposition didn't follow an example of
the opposition camp. According to the secretary of the parliamentary
fraction of the party, Naira Zograbyan, `after long discussions
Prosperous Armenia has made a decision to accept its mandates in the
Council of the Elders of Yerevan.' According to Zograbyan, the moral
responsibility to thousands of Yerevan residents who voted for PA
doesn't let the party reject mandates.
Considering the true motivation of PA which made the party participate
in the elections of the mayor, this intention cannot be a surprise.
Participation of Prosperous Armenia in the elections of May 5th
dispersed the opposition votes and let the republicans win. In this
uneasy task PA was supported by the ANC, Dashnaktsutyun and even
Orinats Erkir which easily drew protest electorate over to its side.
As the result, the bloc `Hello, Yerevan!' by Ovannisyan who got almost
43% in the presidential elections gained only 8.5% in the elections to
the Council of the Elders. Therefore, playing in the opposition games
at ballot stations, Tsarukyan's party brought grist to the
republicans' mill.
According to the head of the Armenian Institute of National and
Strategic Studies, Manvel Sarkisyan, PA became a key figure in hands
of the ruling regime, through which a deep gap between the republicans
and the bloc `Hello, Yerevan!' was established. In the end of the last
year PA, the ANC, and Dashnaktsutyun rejected participation in the
presidential elections, explaining it by the fact that their results
were predetermined by the authorities. At the same time, the same
parties suddenly began to state that the elections of Yerevan's mayor
were a real chance to change the leadership in Yerevan. So, these
three parties appeared to be short-sighted when decided to take part
in the mayor elections. Probably, they appeared to be simple
implementers of the republicans' will, and this idea seems to be
truthful, unfortunately.
http://vestnikkavkaza.net/articles/politics/40374.html
May 17 2013
Elections in an atmosphere of fear and money - 2
17 May 2013 - 8:25am
David Stepanyan, Yerevan. Exclusively to Vestnik Kavkaza
See Part 1 http://vestnikkavkaza.net/articles/politics/40329.html
The opposition doesn't intend to accept `the republican' activity.
`Hello, Yerevan!' and the ANC plan to appeal to the Administrative
Court for recognizing the results of the elections in the Council of
the Elders of Yerevan invalid. At the same time, Prosperous Armenia
which presents itself as the opposition didn't follow an example of
the opposition camp. According to the secretary of the parliamentary
fraction of the party, Naira Zograbyan, `after long discussions
Prosperous Armenia has made a decision to accept its mandates in the
Council of the Elders of Yerevan.' According to Zograbyan, the moral
responsibility to thousands of Yerevan residents who voted for PA
doesn't let the party reject mandates.
Considering the true motivation of PA which made the party participate
in the elections of the mayor, this intention cannot be a surprise.
Participation of Prosperous Armenia in the elections of May 5th
dispersed the opposition votes and let the republicans win. In this
uneasy task PA was supported by the ANC, Dashnaktsutyun and even
Orinats Erkir which easily drew protest electorate over to its side.
As the result, the bloc `Hello, Yerevan!' by Ovannisyan who got almost
43% in the presidential elections gained only 8.5% in the elections to
the Council of the Elders. Therefore, playing in the opposition games
at ballot stations, Tsarukyan's party brought grist to the
republicans' mill.
According to the head of the Armenian Institute of National and
Strategic Studies, Manvel Sarkisyan, PA became a key figure in hands
of the ruling regime, through which a deep gap between the republicans
and the bloc `Hello, Yerevan!' was established. In the end of the last
year PA, the ANC, and Dashnaktsutyun rejected participation in the
presidential elections, explaining it by the fact that their results
were predetermined by the authorities. At the same time, the same
parties suddenly began to state that the elections of Yerevan's mayor
were a real chance to change the leadership in Yerevan. So, these
three parties appeared to be short-sighted when decided to take part
in the mayor elections. Probably, they appeared to be simple
implementers of the republicans' will, and this idea seems to be
truthful, unfortunately.
http://vestnikkavkaza.net/articles/politics/40374.html