Pre-election scandal in Armenia – DIGEST

  16 March 2017    Read: 3527
Pre-election scandal in Armenia – DIGEST
`Sargsyan government pulled the current Parliamentary elections down. It brought disgrace on the country and discredited the whole process`, the Armenian media writes.

Tension keeps rising ahead of Armenia`s upcoming parliamentary elections. The supporters of opposition party`s candidates and the representatives of the dominant Republican Party of Armenia had conflict on March 12. The situation became more difficult when the incident repeated on March 14. This situation can lead to the civil war in Armenia.

The local media writes that the country has become a mafia source. The websites posted news articles titled `Armenia transformed into Sicilian Mafia before the elections`, `Armenia-New Mafia country`.

`The former commander of separatist regime in Nagorno-Karabakh Samvel Babayan threatened his opponents in regard with the incidents happeneded in Jrarat, Armavir`, Aykakan Zhamanak states.

`I do not recommend anyone to interfere in our affairs and open fire at our supporters. If today they commence fire, the next day the opposite side will open retaliatory fire. If things do not change, the more blood will be spilt. Civil war will start in Armenia`, Babayan said.

Zhamanak reads: `Yesterday morning we got information that the incidents happen in Jrarat village two days ago would be repeated. In fact, we received news on the new skirmish a few hours later`.

`Zhamanak` sources assume that ORO bloc uses these incidents as the only opportunity to gain an advantage over the opposition forces against the current government. Yesterday`s skirmish has confirmed this assumption.
`Samvel Babayan personally organized the incident which happened on March 14`, Zhamanak states based on information they received.

Armenian “Zhokhovurd” newspaper likens Armenia to Sicily Island: `At first, the representatives of the Sargsyan`s ruling party fought verbally, but today the government representatives try to solve existing problems with their political rivals by force of arms and punches.
Regardless of which side is right, the government lowered the upcoming parliamentary elections to the level of tramps` fighting. He disgraced the country and discredited the whole process. `

In its another article Armenian `Zhamanak` newspaper exposed the so-called observers, who are planning to falsify the upcoming parliamentary elections. In fact, the representatives of Armenian diaspora Serj Tankian, Arsine Khanjyan, Atom Egoyan and others who are going to participate in the elections as observer support the ORO bloc. They plan to create public opinion in favor of ORO bloc among the society after the elections.

Besides, Vardan Arutyunyan, the head of the State Revenue Committee of Armenia and the immediate vicinity of country`s Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan, gave relevant instructions to his employees to vote for the ruling Republican Party.

`The heads of the all tax offices demand the ID cards of their employees and their families. Any person trying to protest, is threatened with firing, ` anonymous sources from the State Revenue Committee of Armenia told `Zhamanak`.

It was also revealed that Arutyunyan used the similar methods while he was head of the `Gazprom Armenia`.

Sabina Hasanova
AzVision.az


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