Opposition Rally, Liberty Square, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian/Oneworld Multimedia 2007
Vigorous politicisation of the Armenian section of Internet is observed as the February 19 Presidential elections draw near. A number of official websites endorsing different candidates have been launched. Already there are websites for Levon Ter-Petrossian, Vazgen Manukyan, Vahan Hovhannisyan, Artur Baghdasaryan and [...]
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Internetisation of The 2008 Presidential Elections Is Unprecedented
January 11, 2008 · 13 Comments
Tags: Armenia
MIAK Party Going Openly Pro-Government: The Young, The Perspective Finding Their Way
September 4, 2007 · 9 Comments
Following Bekaisa’s post and a link left in the comments section by Kornelij to Day.Az report, I went to the more verifiable source about MIAK Party – their website to double check the information about the appointment of MIAK General Secretary Levon Martirosyan as the assistant to RA Prime-Minister Serge Sargsyan.
This is actually quite old [...]
Party posters, promotional videos and expenses
April 14, 2007 · 1 Comment
Arsineh at Life in Armenia discusses the election campaigns in Armenia, which “are going crazy”, and notes with resentment that the campaigns are concentrating on showing off the wealth and power of their candidates, instead of “talking to issues”:
The town is painted with party posters and I have to say, the ARF did an incredible [...]
Tags: Campaign · Elections · Oligarchs · Opposition · Parties · Politics
Updates on the recent MIAK meeting
March 27, 2007 · 1 Comment
Kornelij Glas has updates on the recent MIAK (political party formed in February) meeting on Karabakh issue, noting that the party calls for liberal policies when it comes to internal affairs, and be nationalist in foreign politics. Another interesting opinion expressed by MIAK and noted by Kornelij is that “there are no real parties, there [...]
Tags: Elections
Aylyntranq rally on March 16th
March 19, 2007 · Leave a Comment
CRD / TI Armenian Election Monitor 2007 has an account of Aylyntranq rally held on March 16th, 2007 on Matenadaran square:
Today saw another rally held by the Aylentrank (Alternative) movement outside the Matenadaran in Yerevan. The meeting attracted only a few hundred people and was much less than the already small gathering attracted for its [...]
Tags: Democracy · Demonstrations · Elections · Events · International Community · Opposition · Protests · Rallies
Exhausted Politics and Politicians of Armenia
March 19, 2007 · 5 Comments
“There is still two months to go before the parliamentary elections, but it is already clear, that the political landscape of Armenia is already exhausted. Although there were public unrests as a result of past elections, still the political landscape didn’t register any qualitative growth. On the contrary, the processes underway in 2003-2004 led to [...]
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Armenian opposition not ready for elections, while Prosperous Armenia is campaigning already
March 13, 2007 · 14 Comments
Armenian opposition is just not serious urges East Meets West, characterizing all except Raffi [Hovhannisyan] in the Armenian opposition as “greedy, self indulged, inept, corrupt, ‘me first’ individuals”, who do not “deserve to become a president, since none of them really care about the people and their problems”. The blogger is especially frustrated by [...]
Tags: Elections · Opposition · Parties · Politics
The Fun Side of Armenian Elections
March 5, 2007 · 3 Comments
There are funny sides to the Armenian Elections – a lot of them, as a matter of fact! The uncharted zone for example sees “Prosperious Armenia” (Bargavach Hayastan) as a “quick and inexpensive method of carrying out a national census in Armenia”. :)
Kornelij Glas looks at the “Father of all Armenians spread out throughout [...]
