Opinion: Authorities have done and will do everything to retain their places (video)
No matter who has become head of this or that community in the recent local elections, the authorities have not changed their work style. They have done and will do everything to retain their places, Alen Simonyan, a member of the Civil Contract Party, said during a discussion at the Media Centre NGO. Republican lawmaker Lernik Alexanyan disagreed with him, saying, “I cannot say whether the change was a big one or not but it is a fact that we registered a change. The Republican Party is not struggling against parties. Local elections are more personalized, and it is important that the mayor get a majority of the electoral vote.” Vahe Enfiajyan, Secretary of the Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK), presented figures according to which people voted for a single candidate in 125 communities of the total 237. “The fact that in some communities mayors or headmen have been holding the position for 20 years in a row is not encouraging. No matter what political force they represent, many of them are continually elected, establishing monarchical regime in their communities.”
