Unlike the problematic mechanism of presidential elections, parliamentary elections in Armenia do not de facto exist, Director of the Armenian Center for National and International Studies Manvel Sargsyan told ArmInfo on Monday.
"Parliamentary elections divide all this process into 131 parts and make it much easier for the regime to keep power in its hands. That's why the Republicans are so eager to preserve all they have created so far: power usurped by one group and definite roles for other ones. If everything works well, why not to keep it for one more decade?" Sargsayn said.
In this light, the mechanism of presidential elections is a problem for Serzh Sargsyan as change of the criminal lord is a serious step. "We all saw what happened on Mar 1 2008, when Kocharyan was replaced by Sargsyan. It was not just a conflict between the people and the usurpers but a war inside the gang," Sargsyan said.
He is sure that with no mechanism of presidential elections, Robert Kocharyan will not be able to do anything at all as parliamentary elections in Armenia are orchestrated by oligarchs who pay big money for the seats. "Supposing they give the money to Kocharyan, how will he guarantee the seats? The very goal of the constitutional reforms is to keep the existing system unchanged. They are changing the legal framework just to convince people that they are going to change everything, but in fact they are changing nothing," Sargsyan said.