DOES SERGE HAVE OPPONENTS?
Support A1+!“I do not think that Serge Sargsyan is popular, he simply does not have opponents and the opposition field is empty”, said politician Alexander Iskandaryan, when making predictions on the presidential elections. Reflecting on the opposition field, he said he was confident, it was impossible to unite efforts, to create a leader, to work out a positive style for him and to work with mass media in 6 months. “If nothing unexpected happens in the political life of Armenia, the candidate will likely become the president”, said the politician.
As to the parliamentary elections, Alexander Iskandaryan noted that this time people voted rationally. They understood that it was beneficial to choose this or that power and not this or that political figure for sympathizing with him. As estimated Mr Iskandaryan, this was progress, as compared with the accepted revolutionary period when 99 percent of the society voted for one person. He brought the example of Levon Ter-Petrosyan, when people jointly voted for him from heart. “Today people realize that they should select not a handsome president but they should make a rational choice”.
The Armenian voters “sold their votes”. “It was not necessarily important to sell one’s vote for money. People gave their votes the one who repaired entry doors, roads, i.e. the voters understood their benefit”. “This works in other countries as well. The difference is that in other countries political actors promise to adopt bills, which will improve the state of pensioners or students' social situation”. Alexander Iskandaryan stated that the active participation of the voters in the elections proved the development of democratic system in Armenia.
According to Alexander Iskandaryan, positive assessments of international observers, registered progress should be confirmed by elections in Karabakh and by presidential elections in Armenia.
