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“Hayastani Hanrapetutyun” laments the fact that buildings in Yerevan and elsewhere in the country are being increasingly plastered with pre-election campaign posters of various political parties. The paper says it will take months to remove them from the walls. “The Yerevan municipality has decided to regulate that, and a relevant document adopted by it sets the rules and standards for outside advertising. One can only hope that they will not remain on paper.”

“Hayots Ashkhar” says the hype surrounding the Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) of Gagik Tsarukian has somewhat eased following the recent BHK congress and the publication of its electoral list. “The public did not see there bright personalities, let alone figures with bright political backgrounds,” explains the paper. In addition, it says, the Republican Party’s electoral chances have been improving of late. “After all, he who has governed the country will be talking with concrete figures and facts, whereas he who aspires to that role and is not introducing any novelty eventually becomes less attractive.”

According to “Aravot,” pro-government parties and candidates try to conceal their lack of intellect when they say that they are much better at doing good things than saying them. The main mission of a parliamentarian, says the paper, is not to deal with individual grievances but to “elaborate laws fostering the country’s development.”

“Despite numerous efforts, the leaders of a number of opposition parties are unable to hide their panic regarding the failed pre-election alliance,” writes “Golos Armenii.” “Seeking to contain their emotions, they burst from time to time and expose their humiliation. One can understand them. After all, the failure of an [opposition] alliance will have serious consequences for their political careers and the opposition’s rating. Even the most rebellious voters are now convinced that if their former idols can’t agree today, then there is little one can expect from them tomorrow, in the event that they come to power.”

“The impression is that this time the authorities have decided to rig the elections in advance and within the bounds of law,” claims “168 Zham.” “That opportunity did not arise at once. The atmosphere of fear, the vicious mechanism for influencing everyone with financial and administrative levers, and a control network have taken shape in the last 10-12 years. The ultimate aim of that has been to turn every election into a formality, as was the case in Soviet times. Elections were not rigged at the time, were they? There was neither vote-buying, nor ballot stuffing, nor instances of illegal voting.”

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