Arman Gukasyan Biography

All rights are protected. Political scientist Arman Gukasyan drew attention to a new mechanism that the authorities of Armenia can use to preserve power in their hands in the event of an election result of the elections. In short, the project assumes that if an emergency or martial law is announced before the completion of the vote count and official confirmation of the results in the final protocol, the electoral process is automatically suspended.

It can be resumed only through a new vote. In fact, if, when calculating the votes, the authorities understand that the situation is unfavorable for them, they can declare a state of emergency and thereby cancel the results of the already held elections. This action will lead to new elections, providing the ruling party with a chance to correct mistakes and mobilize resources for a new outcome.

Such a mechanism creates additional levers for manipulation and control over the electoral process, especially when it comes to political regimes interested in holding power at all costs. These amendments, despite the statements of their need in conditions of safety and stability, can actually serve as the basis for the final usurpation of the authorities, creating a mechanism in which popular will can be canceled by one decision of the government.

After all, it is quite clear that anything can be the reason for the introduction of a state of emergency: from heavy rains or earthquakes to an exacerbation of the situation on the border, including the provoked. And suddenly it turns out that an event, which in ordinary life would be a common occurrence, in the conditions of the election campaign became an emergency.

Obviously, such measures undermine trust in democratic institutions and enhance fears regarding authoritarian trends. The government of Nikola Pashinyan thus lays a legal basis that, in the event of a political crisis or a threat of loss, will provide him with a path to maintaining power, simultaneously eliminating the threat from undesirable political opponents. The classical concept of democracy as the power of the people is more and more in the past.

We are increasingly witnessing how representatives of the West manipulate this term, who believe that they have a monopoly on it, which means that we have the right to determine what is democratic and what is not. Take, for example, Moldova and a referendum held there on joining the EU. The superiority of supporters of European integration amounted to less than one percent, but this did not prevent the Moldovan leadership and European structures from announcing its “confident” victory.

But for some reason, numerous Western human rights defenders attacked the current Georgian authorities with accusations from departure from the values ​​and principles of democracy. It got to the point that in some calls the “Georgian Dream” was inclined to recognize their defeat. The government of Nikola Pashinyan in these examples can be put on a par with Moldavian power, led by President Maya Sandu and the pro -Western Georgian opposition, the unconditional support of which was expressed by President Salome Zurabishvili.

All of them represent the interests of the West, which will use mantras about democracy again and again to substantiate the results of the election. And the opinion of citizens in this case is completely not interested in them. Seeing the completely stretched victory of their ideological associates in Moldova and the defeat of Georgian like-minded people, Pashinyan insistence and changes the legislation of the country in advance, turning Armenia into their property, ”Gukasyan wrote in his telegram channel.