The Republican Knew

THE REPUBLICAN KNEW

Lragir.am
06 June 06

News that appeared on Lragir.am on June 1, entitled “Republican Knew
It Has No Votes and Never Had” reported about an opinion poll conducted
by a group of Russian political technologists and sociologists invited
by the Republican Party on the eve of the parliamentary election in
2003. This publication stirred up politicians and the mass media,
whose reaction sometimes acquired ugly expressions, as it is accepted
in Armenia. Considering this interest, we present some facts from
this poll. We have chosen the indices concerning the three political
parties of the former coalition, the Republican Party, the Armenian
Revolutionary Federation and the Orinats Yerkir Party, as well as
the United Labor Party. The ULP was also singled out because it came
replace to some degree the Orinats Yerkir Party in the coalition. We
note once again that the poll was ordered by the Republican Party,
on the eve of the parliamentary election 2003.

The outcome of the poll suggests that the leaders of the campaign
are Ardarutiun Alliance, the National Unity Party, the ARF and the OYP.

It is written in the conclusion of the poll that only the Communist
Party and the Republican Party can overcome the hindrance of 5
percent. Here are the results of the poll by regions.

Aragatsotn

ARF 4.6

REPUBLICAN 3

ULP 0.3

ORINATS YERKIR 10.5

Ararat

ARF 12.1

REPUBLICAN 4.7

ULP 0.4

ORINATS YERKIR 9.5

Shirak

ARF 8.6

REPUBLICAN 6

ULP 0.7

ORINATS YERKIR 19.9

Lori

ARF 5.8

REPUBLICAN 3.4

ULP 4.1

ORINATS YERKIR 25.9

Tavush

ARF 15.8

REPUBLICAN 5.6

ULP 0.3

ORINATS YERKIR 20

Once again we want to remind that the poll was ordered by the
Republican Party, and Defense Minister Serge Sargsyan ran for
parliament on the party ticket of the Republican, and, to put it so,
was not “declassified.” If it were ordered by another political force,
the abovementioned reaction would be natural.

Whereas in 2003 the Republican-Serge Sargsyan alliance got the majority
in the parliament.