This idea was expressed by political scientist Gagik Hambaryan during a conversation with www.aravot.am. He also stated that one couldn’t surely say that the upcoming presidential election in Armenia will be without any unexpected developments. “For now, I will say that no one can compete with the incumbent president, but we shouldn’t be deceived by this, because we saw in the 2008 election that Levon Ter-Petrossian, conducting a very skillful and competent campaign, was able to make the government that had stated that the first president’s rating was 1%-2% regret about their statement; he won so many votes on February 19. Therefore, I see a man among these 7 candidates who can more or less upset the government’s applecart; that’s Heritage Party leader Raffi Hovhannisyan, who can ensure that there is a presidential run-off election, if he conducts an active and competent campaign,” our interlocutor said.
Nune AREVSHATYAN
