HOW THE ELECTION WILL REMAIN IN YEREVAN RESIDENTS’ MEMORY
Nano Arghutyan

LRAGIR.AM
18:15:24 – 27/05/2009

The electoral campaign of the Yerevan Elders’ Council unnoticeably
came to its end. For an ordinary Yerevan resident the election was
not marked for anything particular, apart from the fact that Levon
Ter-Petrosyan was more shown on the television. The representatives
of the Armenian National Congress, state with pleasure that that they
are satisfied with campaign and they continue to enjoy the opportunity.

But, Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s TV popularity is unlikely to be able to
vie with that of Gagik Tsarukyan, whose attires made that Armenian
Air bright, but not various. True, no one listens to what Tsarukyan
states on the TV any longer: it was once enough to understand –
he promises to fulfill his promises.

"Orinats Yerkir" party (OYP) decided to deal with women
issues. Anything the members of the party speak about, any question
they are asked everything is associated with the female gender. As if,
Heghine Bisharyan is the only woman politician in the world. Artur
Baghdasaryan keeps surprising at his decision to promote the
candidature of a woman and keeps asking "why not?" And, at the same
time, he keeps finding excuses for his joining the governmental camp.

The Dashnaktsutyun this time is out of game. The party, apparently,
realizes that it has noting to expect this time and wastes forces for
the agitation in vain. It does not even promise that it will not allow
any falsification. These are not our elections – the Dashnaktsutyun
motto could be something like this.

Tigran Karapetyan is in his roles. He does not need to worry about
his rating – a person, who has his own TV channel and is able to
communicate with his spectators for hours and he does not need any
agitation. So, the electors did not find anything news in Tigran
Karapetyan’s behavior.

The news may be the fact that during his several-month office, as the
papers write, the Republican candidate for Mayor, has already managed
to sign 4000 decisions on land. The impression is that he is afraid
not to do everything in time. As if he hopes that he will be elected
and tries to finish all his work as soon as possible.

The first electoral campaign of the Yerevan Mayor Election will
remain in the memory of the Yerevan residents with its flowers on
the bridges and clashes between the Republican and the BHK parties,
with the lack of electoral posters and fear of post-electoral events.