"Fact" daily writes:
"Outwardly, one can get the impression that an election campaign is going on like usual. Candidates go around settlements, hold meetings, make speeches, make appeals. But it isn't. There is no normal election campaign, especially from the point of view of one of the most important electoral principles. We are talking about the most important principle of equal competitive conditions, which in this case is violated from the beginning.
The first. the movement of the leader of one of the main opposition forces is arbitrarily restricted. And he cannot carry out full regional visits, meetings, contacts with voters. It is clear that we are talking about Samvel Karapetyan, the leader of the "Strong Armenia" bloc. It is true that Samvel Karapetyan and his supporters have found some creative way to hold meetings, in particular, different groups of people, representatives of different sections of society come to Karapetyan's mansion under house arrest. But the fact remains.
And it doesn't matter how anyone treats this figure or any other figure. This is a matter of principle and justice, not of emotion or attitude.
From the point of view of the electoral principle, something else is important. is the observance of that principle ensured or not ensured? If it is an election contest, then all the participants should have the right to use the same opportunities. Moreover, representatives of other main opposition forces are also restricted, in particular, several members of the "Holy Struggle" alliance, which has almost collapsed in court, are also restricted as a result of a restraining order (house arrest). Being candidates for parliament registered by the CEC, they are also deprived of the opportunity to freely communicate with the voters. In other words, without sinning against the truth and reality, it can be said with certainty that the authorities, in the person of Nikol Pashinyan and the repressive, law enforcement-investigative and other similar bodies subordinate to him, have done and are doing everything to create as many artificial obstacles as possible for the other participants of the election campaign.
The most striking proof of the said is the purposeful targeting of election headquarters of the main forces of the opposition by the same repressive bodies. Be it the police or the anti-corruption committee or another structure, they respond with lightning speed to various "operational data" and allegedly "caught" a case of "distributing election bribes", in practice they carry out terrorist acts exclusively against the local pre-election headquarters of the opposition forces and compatriots involved in those headquarters. In addition, they interfere with the work of pre-election headquarters, disrupt the normal course of activity. It is clear that the same power structures do not go after various community heads who distribute "benefits" for the CP. The most striking case was related to the mayor of Talin.
In December of last year, concrete facts were spread about this community leader, who attracted the attention of the press for his shameful behavior in the lobby of the Cathedral, and who was always present at all major events of the CP, about distributing benefits and assistance to a number of residents. The same is the case with the governor of Syunik.
No consequences. If any opposition (yet not arrested) community leader suddenly allowed himself to do something like this, then with or without Pashinyan's order, he would have already been arrested 5 times, "plastered on the wall", "spread on the asphalt". The various European representatives who are obviously involved in the internal affairs of Armenia and who have closed their eyes to all the ugliness of the government and smeared beeswax on their faces can, of course, continue to pretend that they are blind and dumb. and deaf. But it does not follow from this that the reality is different, or that we are also blind, deaf and dumb. Moreover, it is already obvious that the Pashinyan government, in particular through its "special services", is widely eavesdropping and spying not only on the leading figures of the main opposition forces (although that is also abnormal), but also on almost all the more or less noticeable members.
The very recordings they "discovered" are clear evidence of this. It is enough for a person involved in the work of any headquarters of any opposition force to say some number while talking on the phone (it doesn't matter what number it is related to), and the brigade of spies will say, "Hey! We caught an election bribe...". Another interesting episode. Some advertising panels are installed on the first floors of a number of residential buildings in Yerevan. Does it make sense to mention that on those "advertising panels" of unclear origin and affiliation, only Nikol Pashinyan's photoshopped picture with the image of a finger movement appeared these days? In addition, as we already mentioned, the employees of the district administrations, violating the law, force to post those same pictures on the walls of the shops. It is true that after our alarm, in particular, those pictures were collected in Kanaker-Zeytun, but, for example, they still remain on the walls of some condominiums. By the way, about Pashinyan.
But not about the picture, but about his pre-election behavior, words and behavior. It is such a hardening impression that Pashinyan is determined to do everything in order to lose the last fragments of his decreased rating. Although its hope and addressee, we understand, are the consumers of that vocabulary. Otherwise, in this case, anyone who is a supporter of civilized speech, programmatic speech, truth, not lies, will not vote for him under any circumstances. He has been the prime minister for 8 years, but he entered the election campaign with the slogans, vocabulary and movement style of 9 years ago. Funny, but still "revolutionizing". According to that, he is the only propagandist and speaker of CP.
Only himself. Others are purely visual background, "backpacks", as one of the same masked "patches" put it. For 8 years now, the incumbent of the position of the Prime Minister of Armenia does not present reports, does not at least try to present some explanations regarding the previous promises that he did not fulfill, does not present plans to be eased or the possibilities of implementing the plans, but shouts, shouts, insults, distributes badges, hangs his picture on the gates of people's houses. It is noteworthy that Pashinyan continues to shout at the most ordinary Armenian people who say are that "there is an eyebrow above the eye", he attacks them, like his one-time supporter who spoke about the 5,000 victims of the war brought by Pashinyan...
It resembles the behavior of a loser, a weak, aggrieved person, filled with malice towards others. It is similar to the behavior of a figure who has been the prime minister for 8 years. It is not, of course, that Pashinyan was behaving differently until now, suddenly he started shouting. He has been shouting and making unbalanced movements for 8 years. And people are more than bored with it, if not disgusted.
But Pashinyan is in his role. makes insulting remarks about former presidents who have achieved victories, or speaks disparagingly about people who have recorded noticeable success in the economy, in business. Who else? Pashinyan?
And what has Pashinyan done for Armenia? Triple "Triple"? The lost Artsakh, the depatriation of 150 thousand Armenians from Artsakh, the Azerbaijani strongholds at Kirantsi, Sotki, Jermuk, Kapan, the fulfillment of the Azerbaijani and Turkish conditions, the rejection of Ararat, the campaign against the national identity, the war declared by the Armenians against the Church?
No, throwing stones at others is hardly the best way for someone living in a glass house. That too, in the thinnest glass house...".
