It is logical that Robert Kocharyan, who applied for the post of opposition leader, should present the percentages received by his alliance as a proof of trust. For years, and in the context of anti-propaganda against him after 2018, it is clear that no matter how much trust he deserves, this is a very positive fact for him.
Pashinyan took the stage of the pre-election campaign with his agenda, and the political opponents failed to dictate their agenda to Pashinyan, in particular, in terms of getting answers from him on Armenia’s security issues and keeping the debate of the pre-election campaign in that field. And in that field, Pashinyan could definitely become a losing party. What “future” can a candidate for prime minister promise, during whose rule Azerbaijani units invaded the sovereign territory of Armenia, expressed their territorial expectations, and held Armenian prisoners of war hostage, and now the Turkish-Azerbaijani alliance demands that if if we want to open regional communications, then there should be a “Zangezur Corridor.”
But the hammer fight took place in a completely favorable field for Pashinyan: “the thieving elite wants to return to steal from you again,” “the former regime calls you ‘idiots,’” and “I love you, I am proud of you, and I bow to you.” This was a primitive propaganda trap, and when the opposition considered Pashinyan a politically incompetent figure, they should have clearly counted that the only area in which they could not compete with Pashinyan could not be defeated – that is to find something to say, to provide it, and to please the public. Anyway, this is the only job where Pashinyan shines and succeeds. Months ago, Kocharyan preferred to sit in a room with only some media representatives and give interviews, clearly realizing that he would not be asked undesirable questions, and he would not be opposed. It is a great achievement for him today that he is holding a rally with thousands while seeing people who admire him.
The question of how the government that brought defeat to Armenia and Artsakh in the war can be re-elected is now being discussed in foreign periodicals. Experts are trying to find answers. In fact, the answer is very simple: the Armenian society is tired of all the political forces operating in the political field in recent years, both pro- and anti-government. The only configuration that could change the situation was the Ter-Petrosyan-Kocharyan-Sargsyanalliance, and it really should have been the last political application of those figures, but one that would have made it possible to restore Armenia’s reputation and pull the Armenian state back from the brink of doom.
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With the last elections, Armenia remained in the same post-war abyss. Now, a new cause of discontent will increase in our society: Pashinyan managed to “reject” the former regime, revive Kocharyan, and the forces led by Kocharyan and Sargsyan “rejected” by him will be represented in the National Assembly. In other words, we stayed in the old and defeated Armenia again. The state of Armenia lost in the snap parliamentary elections.
Emma Gabrielyan
