A dangerous precedent. The Moldovan scenario is being repeated in Armenia.
Political scientist Suren Surenyants wrote about this. "During the government's question-and-answer session in the National Assembly, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated that the speeches and political directions of the most active part of the opposition are formed outside the borders of Armenia.
On the surface, this can be perceived as a political assessment, but in reality it is a propaganda basis to justify future restrictions on the opposition forces. Step by step, Pashinyan is creating the public atmosphere where opposition activities can be presented as "serving foreign interests", thereby preparing the ground for political filters. This mechanism is not new. in recent months it has been used in Moldova with the support of the West.
In that country, the Constitutional Court banned the activity of the opposition party on the charge of "being an agent of Russian influence". The same ideological chain is also noticeable in Armenia today, under the slogan of "defense of democracy" the political field is being cleansed.
In fact, the government is creating a new model, where the opposition is no longer a political counterbalance, but a danger that must be "contained". This is not a strengthening of sovereignty, as they try to present, but an institutional erosion of democracy.
Armenia is facing a dangerous border. if this talk turns into political practice, our country will enter the stage of controlled "electoral authoritarianism".
