“The withdrawal of some odious, once immune and powerful seemingly politicians from the government is a specifically designed project,” said political technologist Vigen Hakobyan today at “Sputnik Armenia” press club analyzing economic and political components of Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan’s visit to Moscow.
In response to the question of Aravot.am whether the withdrawal of these politicians from the government in the pre-election period and their possible unification may create a force-majeure situation for the authorities, the political technologist said that the situation is changing but this generally began from the moment when a decision was made to make rearrangements in the government, “It began with the access of Karen Karapetyan to economic and then political field. A new political team is being to be formed in the government too. In this sense, the rearrangements going on inside the government are more interesting during this electoral process. Obviously, these changes cause major reshuffling in the political field. I think that what is happening now is a result of serious agreements when Karen Karapetyan’s access to the government was prepared. Now, not only provincial-level authorities leave RPA but also such serious political and economic figures as Hovik Abrahamyan.”
To the question of Aravot.am whether all this will lead to tough contrasting, Vigen Hakobyan said that by his estimations, what is happening to some segment of the non-ruling sector is under control, hence, he does not think that the process will move to the field of tough contrasting. Regarding Hovik Abrahamyan’s political future, the political technologist thinks as follows: “I do not think that now Hovik Abrahamyan will actively enter into any political pole. I do not exclude the concealed support because he owns quite serious resources in all aspects. I am also sure that many political forces would avoid themselves for Hovik Abrahamyan to be directly associated with them as the latter is very vulnerable and can weaken the pole which he will join by the public perception.”
Generally, political technologist believes that in terms of future developments and the image of the parliament much depends on the composition of “Tsarukyan” alliance. Also, what relationship will be with Seyran Ohanyan’s alliance, “Only after these clarifications, it will be possible to predict the image of the upcoming Parliament. The Government prefers the mosaic type of image. It will be more controllable than one serious government pole, although with specified rules of the game. In this sense, the government will seek to have 5-6 political forces in the parliament.” He considers it ridiculous that ten days are left for the submission of documents to the CEC but the parties are still making clarifications. Generally, I think that Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan, even not being on the RPA list, and Gagik Tsarukyan are going to be the locomotives of the government and the opposition in these elections.
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