Expert: voters will cheat Orinats Yerkir just the same as it did in 2008February 14, 2012 - 14:17 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Political expert Karen Kocharyan believes all political forces will employ electoral bribes during the upcoming parliamentary elections in May, the rate depending on their resources. Orinats Yerkir will become the only party voters will never cast ballot for, even if they are bribed to do so, Kocharyan told journalists mockingly. “Voters will cheat Orinats Yerkir just the same as it cheated them in 2008,” he said. He also stressed the fact that two candidates of Orinats Yerkir failed the local self-government elections on February 12 in Shirak region which traditionally used to back the party. Another political expert Armen Badalyan named Orinats Yerkir a “dead party” declaring it will never make it into the next parliament. Orinats Yerkir leader Arthur Baghdasaryan who ran for the 2008 presidential elections as an opposition candidate came 3rd with his votes. Following the elections, he supported Serzh Sargsyan while his party joined the coalition. Afterwards Armenian media spread the rumor that the authorities had either bought Baghdasaryan, or he just played the part of the “opposition candidate” from the very beginning. Top stories Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. Partner news | Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow. Power of One Dram sums up two-year program with Teach for Armenia Idram Junior also joined the companies during the visit, bringing with it a fascinating intellectual game for children Moscow slams EU mission in Armenia for “provocative activity” The EU mission is doing more and more against Armenia’s neighbors Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran, Mikhail Galuzin said. |