Richest political party in Armenia?

[Armanen]

Which political party in Armenia do you all think is the richest financially?

I think it is the ARF since they have been around the longest, and they have a presence in over 30 countries worldwide, basically all the major nations with an Armenian population. Over time and with their wide distribution they have collected a lot of money. However, the Republican party has a lot of rich members (oligarchs).

[Federate]

Re: Richest political party in Armenia?

BHK has the richest of them all - Dodi Gago.

[londontsi]

Re: Richest political party in Armenia?

I am afraid the name of this thread has a certain Americanism about it where,
“The power is measured based on campaign dollars” etc.

It would have been more valuable if the discussion was based on, which party is more,

Politically mature.
Politically savvy.
Politicaly organised
Most visionary
Performing their duties as the constitution expects
Has Grass root support
Most Patriotic
etc.

[bell-the-cat]

Re: Richest political party in Armenia?

BHK has the richest of them all - Dodi Gago.

A mafia-like gang acting to maintain and expand its own self-interests is not a true political party, even if it members move on from just threatening or bribing the electorate or elected politicians to actually being the elected politicians.

[Armanen]

Re: Richest political party in Armenia?

I am afraid the name of this thread has a certain Americanism about it where,
“The power is measured based on campaign dollars” etc.

It would have been more valuable if the discussion was based on, which party is more,

Politically mature.
Politically savvy.
Politicaly organised
Most visionary
Performing their duties as the constitution expects
Has Grass root support
Most Patriotic
etc.

I was wondering what people think, there has been a lot of discussion about what parties are good or bad, who is supported by West or Russia, etc. I just wanted to see which party has the most financial resources, that is a topic I have yet seen covered either in this forum or in any articles.

[bell-the-cat]

Re: Richest political party in Armenia?

I was wondering what people think, there has been a lot of discussion about what parties are good or bad, who is supported by West or Russia, etc. I just wanted to see which party has the most financial resources, that is a topic I have yet seen covered either in this forum or in any articles.

The party in power always has the best resources. No party looses power because of lack of money! But I wonder what financial records the political parties in Armenia have to make public, what limits there are, if any, on political donations, are the names of large donors made public, and so on. Do ordinary members of political parties pay membership fees? Is there such a thing as an ordinary member of a political party?

[Armanen]

Re: Richest political party in Armenia?

The party in power always has the best resources.

How do you know they ALWAYS do? Also, how do you know the party in power always has the most financial resources?

[KarotheGreat]

Re: Richest political party in Armenia?

I would say the Dashnaks have the most resource, because of the fact that they are based all over the world and have the most members. Second would be the Republican party because if I'm correct they are the biggest party that is only located in Armenia.

[bell-the-cat]

Re: Richest political party in Armenia?

How do you know they ALWAYS do? Also, how do you know the party in power always has the most financial resources?

I can't think of a single example of a party that has lost power because it couldn't match the spending of a rival party. But raw money itself is not really a resource - money just buys the resources a party needs. So the party in power always has the advantage because it has the most resources, most of which it doesn't have to buy - it gets access to them, and gets to limit or exclude rivals from them, just by being in power.

[bell-the-cat]

Re: Richest political party in Armenia?

I would say the Dashnaks have the most resource, because of the fact that they are based all over the world and have the most members. Second would be the Republican party because if I'm correct they are the biggest party that is only located in Armenia.

A mere tweak of the electoral laws would make such Dashnak resources worthless overnight. Maybe such laws already exist, forbidding foreign funding of political parties in Armenia.