Telegram post of political commentator Hakob Badalyan:
"Can you imagine if Nikol Pashinyan is asked whether he is preparing for early elections, and the answer is yes, I am preparing for early elections?
An extraordinary election is extraordinary primarily because it is not announced in advance.
It was formally extraordinary, but de facto it was another logical choice, because after the previous one the situation had radically changed, and therefore the situation could not remain with the status quo characteristic of the previous election.
The same largely applies to the December 2018 election, which was also essentially a pre-announced emergency.
Therefore, if we are talking about a truly extraordinary election, it cannot be announced prematurely.
Or, it will be like in 2018 and 2021. In other words, there will be such changes that will require formalization in the form of a new status quo formed through an extraordinary election process.
Returning to the beginning, it is very naive to think that Nikol Pashinyan would have announced any emergency scenario if he imagined it.
That doesn't mean he's hiding any script, but he's definitely going to go extraordinaire. Not at all.
But judging the possibility of an emergency based on whether Pashinyan will answer yes or no would be very naive. And his pre-election regime is obvious."
