Elections in Armenia

[KarotheGreat]

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In blockade, constant shootouts on the front line, canceled flights to Turkey. Landlocked in every possible way, Georgia rail link not open, Turkey closed, Baboon border closed, Iran under sanctions. Worst economic crisis hits planet earth. Cyprus is gone, Greece is gone, Italy Spain Portugal are next. The US fed is printing 85 billion a month just for MBS, the USA has trillions in unfounded liabilities, California is bankrupt, NY soon to follow. Yet this guy sees nothing but the fault of the Armenian government. How could people overlook all reality and come to the conclusion that this is all the fault of the Armenian government? You are so busy for your Pakhlava revolution that you fail to see the pit in front of your eyes. How could anyone continue to talk on behalf of Western interests in the name of national security when they want to undermine the Armenian government?

What has the Armenian government done to help the situation? The only thing I keep seeing is people pointing out things that are going wrong never does anyone pointing to something that the Armenian government has done to improve things. Has the government pushed forward a tax reform? Has it pushed forward a economical reform? Has it cracked down on the monopolies that are strangling businesses in Armenia and are making life in Armenia as expensive as in Western Europe? You can continue making excuse the fact remains that the Armenian government hasn't been able to push forward a decent domestic policy since the independence. It cannot even enforce its own tax laws! The fact remains that 40%, that is almost half of the people in the country want to leave and most of them will leave the first chance they get. Can you see any bigger national security threat? You can continue talking about the these Western conspiracy theories but in the meantime people are continuing to move out. And the government either can not do anything about it or just chooses not to. Doesn't matter which one it is, they have failed.

You can't even fly a plane out of Armenia yet you don't want to blame the West for the quadruple standards! The Armenians have to be flexible?, the toorks just keep sharpening their knives and you still want to blame the Armenian government instead? And who told you this is accurate information to begin with? Do you believe everything flashed in front of your face? We are going to have bigger national security issues if some of us don't wake up and smell the coffee! Some of you are being played so hard you have no clue as to what you are saying or asking. Yet you guys keep muttering the same dull arguments. When faced with hard facts and questions nothing but silence follows, as the arguments and reasoning were hollow from the start!

What does 40% of Armenians wanting to leave Armenia have anything to do with Turkey or Azerbaijan? You can continue pointing fingers but the facts remains that the half of the people in Armenia do not want to live there and ready to leave to find a better life somewhere else. It seems that the number is not going to go do and will only continue to increase in the future. The government not doing anything or refusing to act shows that the government has failed! It is time for a technocrat government that is not affiliated to any party!

[Vrej1915]

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In blockade, constant shootouts on the front line, canceled flights to Turkey. Landlocked in every possible way, Georgia rail link not open, Turkey closed, Baboon border closed, Iran under sanctions. Worst economic crisis hits planet earth. Cyprus is gone, Greece is gone, Italy Spain Portugal are next. The US fed is printing 85 billion a month just for MBS, the USA has trillions in unfounded liabilities, California is bankrupt, NY soon to follow. Yet this guy sees nothing but the fault of the Armenian government. How could people overlook all reality and come to the conclusion that this is all the fault of the Armenian government? You are so busy for your Pakhlava revolution that you fail to see the pit in front of your eyes. How could anyone continue to talk on behalf of Western interests in the name of national security when they want to undermine the Armenian government?

Vahram dear,
You forgot to mention climate change!

You can't even fly a plane out of Armenia yet you don't want to blame the West for the quadruple standards! The Armenians have to be flexible?, the toorks just keep sharpening their knives and you still want to blame the Armenian government instead? And who told you this is accurate information to begin with? Do you believe everything flashed in front of your face? We are going to have bigger national security issues if some of us don't wake up and smell the coffee! Some of you are being played so hard you have no clue as to what you are saying or asking. Yet you guys keep muttering the same dull arguments. When faced with hard facts and questions nothing but silence follows, as the arguments and reasoning were hollow from the start!

Why are you unhappy with this flight fate?
I am pretty happy about this one

[Vahram]

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My question now is: how can anyone defend the government after this? This is a huge failure on the part of the government! It is a huge national security threat and the government is refusing to introduce changes and reforms!

In blockade, constant shootouts on the front line, canceled flights to Turkey. Landlocked in every possible way, Georgia rail link not open, Turkey closed, Baboon border closed, Iran under sanctions. Worst economic crisis hits planet earth. Cyprus is gone, Greece is gone, Italy Spain Portugal are next. The US fed is printing 85 billion a month just for MBS, the USA has trillions in unfounded liabilities, California is bankrupt, NY soon to follow. Yet this guy sees nothing but the fault of the Armenian government. How could people overlook all reality and come to the conclusion that this is all the fault of the Armenian government? You are so busy for your Pakhlava revolution that you fail to see the pit in front of your eyes. How could anyone continue to talk on behalf of Western interests in the name of national security when they want to undermine the Armenian government?

Turkey scraps flights to Armenia after Azeri resistance

You can't even fly a plane out of Armenia yet you don't want to blame the West for the quadruple standards! The Armenians have to be flexible?, the toorks just keep sharpening their knives and you still want to blame the Armenian government instead? And who told you this is accurate information to begin with? Do you believe everything flashed in front of your face? We are going to have bigger national security issues if some of us don't wake up and smell the coffee! Some of you are being played so hard you have no clue as to what you are saying or asking. Yet you guys keep muttering the same dull arguments. When faced with hard facts and questions nothing but silence follows, as the arguments and reasoning were hollow from the start!

[KarotheGreat]

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It seems that 40% of Armenians do not want to live in Armenia! They are ready to leave the country and look their fortune somewhere else.
My question now is: how can anyone defend the government after this? This is a huge failure on the part of the government! It is a huge national security threat and the government is refusing to introduce changes and reforms!

[Haykakan]

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RALLY IN THE REGIONS: HOVANNISIAN APPEALS TO PROVINCES TO "INAUGURATE A NEW ARMENIA"

http://armenianow.com/vote_2013/44982/raffi_hovannisian_rally_regions

VOTE 2013 | 03.04.13 | 14:48

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By GAYANE MKRTCHYAN
ArmeniaNow reporter

After 21 days of hunger strike as part of post-election standoff
following what he called a "fraudulent ballot", opposition leader
Raffi Hovannisian has resumed his trips to Armenia's provinces to
"recruit citizens for the April 9 inauguration of a new Armenia",
namely a rally scheduled for that day in Liberty Square.

During his rally last Friday, Hovannisian challenging the official
results of the presidential race, said that he was commencing the
second stage of his post-election regional visits and would make
trips to cities, towns and villages of Armenia till April 5 when
another rally in scheduled in Yerevan.

"By our regional visits we have entered a new stage of our struggle. I
have decided that it should be without hunger strikes, because we
are approaching April 9 for a new Armenia, and I repeat: whoever
goes against our national initiative, who does not meet the people
half-way and goes on with the inauguration on April 9, I believe he
would have to become the warrantor of his own self-isolation and the
final rebellion of the Armenian people, the Republic of Armenia. I do
not want that, I want it to be reconsidered and for him to address
people with a prudent response and a plan for national unity,"
Hovannisian told RFL/RE.

Heritage party vice-chairman Armen Martirosyan believes there is a
need for the trips to provinces prior to April 9, Sargsyan's official
inauguration day.

Hovannisian calls the second stage of his regional visits "national
enlistment campaign" to recruit citizens for the "inauguration of a
New Armenia", and has started his campaign from the southern gate -
Syunik province.

On Monday in Kapan, Goris, Sisian, Yeghegnadzor, and Ararat, the
Heritage leader called people to gather at Yerevan's Liberty Square
on April 9 for the "inauguration of a new Armenia".

In Artashat, where few people had rallied to meet him, he urged to
drop their fear, and turned to the police who were video-taping the
event: "What are you doing, guys? This is our land, also yours. I
am not begging you, but you have to think what orders you are
implementing. This is not the private garden of either Abrahamyan,
or Sargsyan, or Hovannisian."

With similar appeals he spoke on Tuesday in Yeghvard, Talin, Ujan,
Artik, Gyumri, Armavir, and Echmiadzin.

In the spiritual capital of Armenia Hovannisian cited the Catholicos
of All Armenians during the March 31 Easter liturgy at Mother See of
Holy Echmiadzin: "Let no one impose his private truth upon anyone or
upon the people".

"I am certain that he implied Serzh Sargsyan. The time has come for
our Church to function independent of the state, be with all of us
without exceptions, and never let the commandment of the Holy Bible
be abused," said Hovannisian.

In reference to Hovannisian's post-election trips to the provinces,
Manvel Sargsyan, heading the Armenian Center for National and
International Studies, told ArmeniaNow: "It's a new culture for us, and
we should not forget that by official data he score big in the cities,
towns and villages on the voting day, which makes his regional visits
a natural thing. Also, it is the first time that the population of
the provinces has proved to be so active not only during the voting,
but the post-election stand-off as well."

Expert in political sciences Gegham Nazaryan counters that Hovannisian
ended his hunger strike and left Liberty Square once he realized
Sargsyan was not going to give up his post, nor would he refrain from
the inauguration ceremony.

"From rally to rally people get more and more disappointed in Raffi
Hovannisian. If he continues like this, he will lose his ratings in
no time and will find himself in the same part of the political field
with losers who cannot change anything in the situation at hand,"
Nazaryan told A1+ oppositional online newspaper.

[KarotheGreat]

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People keep things civilised and on topic! Stop with the personal references and attacks! Attack the post and not the poster!
I do not want to come back and delete half of the posts here!
DO NOT REACT TO THIS POST!

[Eddo211]

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And forever-banned Mos will be turning in his grave (or digging himself deeper under his rock in darkest Taliban-run Afghanistan) at the thought of those Armenian girls on bikes with flowers and colourful clothes!

Why you attacking Mos who is not here to defend himself cat.....maybe you miss him eh
I would support 10 of him compared to likes of you......keep pushing your anti Armenian agenda here and maybe one day you could fool some of us that you care. not

[TomServo]

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I doubt that the era is quite that near its end yet - but the article is dated April 1st so might be for the foolishly optimistic.

I choose to remain foolishly optimistic ahead of the Yerevan municipal elections.

There is an effort to get a team of both diasporana and locals to serve as election observers...

[Vahram]

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LOL, my dear pet you are too funny!

So you have a picture of girls riding bicycles... Is that what you keep your hand busy?...LOL

That pic is the closest you will ever get, besides your hand that is ...( holding back laugher )

Come on you are like a Joo Syd Barrett that did too much acid and lost his yarmulke and has been pissed off ever since...ROTFLMAO!

Now try dodging the question one more time, you might sly out of it for a bit, but that still makes you search for your long lost Beanie...LOL

[bell-the-cat]

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Last I checked the chicks on bikes were wearing black leather. Perhaps back in the 60's they dressing in flowers, you remember the time don't you? You were too busy wearing purple glasses smoking sh!t in a bong instead of getting an education. You waited all these years to come here so that I could educate you...ROTF

Armenian Girls on bikes with flowers and colorful clothes...LOL

Ahh Vahram, you are such a yesterday's joke - you can't even look at the article's photo.