ONLY 4-5 PARTIES CAN APPEAR AT PARLIAMENT OF NEW CONVOCATION, SOCIOLOGIST AHARON ADIBEKIAN SAYS

Noyan Tapan
Apr 10 2007

YEREVAN, APRIL 10, NOYAN TAPAN. At best 4-5 parites can appear at
the National Assembly of new convocation. Aharon Adibekian, Head of
Sociometer Center, expressed such opinion on April 10 at the Urbat
(Friday) club.

Taking as a basis the results of sociological surveys conducted by
now, the sociologist conventionally divided political parties having
opportunity to get over the passage barrier into three groups:
heavyweights (the Republican Party of Armenia and the Bargavach
Hayastan), mediumweights (the ARF Dashnaktsutiun, the National Unity
and the Orinats Yerkir) and lightweights (the United Labor Party, the
People’s Party of Armenia, the People’s Party, the Dashink Party). The
last group, in A. Adibekian’s words, has serious problems connected
with being represented at the parliament, but it can overcome this
problem in case of organizing efficient agitation campaign.

In his words, for lightweights the most dangerous is dispersion of
votes, as each of those parties receiving even 4.5% votes and not
getting over 5% barrier will not only lose the opportunity to appear
at the parliament, but also involuntarily will increase the number
of mandates of winning parties. As the sociologist affirmed, from
point of view of all political directions’ being fully represented
at the parliament it is expedient that parties having no chances to
pass refuse to take part in the future struggle announcing what force
they support.

A. Adibekian explained absence of the Nor Zhamanakner Party in the
above mentioned categories by the circumstance that "their times are
very new, their times have not come yet."