VERELQ presents the most notable publications of the Armenian press.

“time” the newspaper writes. “The leader of the RPA list Vigen Sargsyan announced yesterday that their proportional list representatives are withdrawing under the influence of fear. However, the reality is that most of these candidates appeared on that list under the influence of fear. RPA members claim in private conversations that the party’s elite forced them to be on the list, otherwise threatening to reveal undesirable aspects of their activities. During this time, those leaving have realized that they will not even get 10 votes, and have decided to avoid unnecessary embarrassment.”

 “Publication” the newspaper writes. “Under all governments, the security bodies conduct closed, non-public polls on campaign days to get an approximate picture of the election results, and then report to their superiors. According to our sources close to the security agencies, the other day Nikol Pashinyan the results of the last days of such polls were put on the table. The percentages of KP were high, but quite low compared to the days of the mayoral elections. Among the ratings, according to the polls, in first place in Shirak Felix Tsolakyan was in Yerevan Alen Simonyan»:

“Publication” the daily writes. “The former governor of Aragatsotn submitted his resignation to the CEC yesterday Sargis Sahakyan, according to our information, a few days ago, during the party gathering, he made a sensational speech that he and his brother would be the last to leave the RPA. “He was a fan of RPA and did not stop glorifying even after the revolution Serzh Sargsyan“said our RPA source, assuring that he did not inform the party of the reasons for his resignation, but they are sure that, as Hermine Naghdalyanin this case, Sahakyan was also threatened with “compromise documents”. However, some people think that they have understood that without money they have no voice, they voluntarily save themselves from embarrassment. By the way, 4-5 unknown candidates from the RPA also submitted their resignations, the RPA informed that they were initially included to ensure the required number.” 

“People” the daily writes. “Zhoghovurd” daily reported the other day that the Ministry of Defense was instructed to refrain from participating in political processes. Some details of those instructions became known yesterday. In particular, the commanders and deputies of the military unit were told that on the day of the election, the commanders, their deputies, and officers should appear at the polling station at such a time that they would not meet the troops. Moreover, they should be exclusively in civilian clothes and not communicate with anyone who is related to the Armed Forces and who may be in or around the precinct. Having given this instruction, the leadership of the Ministry of Defense explained to the commanders that the purpose of this is one, so that the soldiers do not see their leaders and are not constrained unnecessarily. Spokesman of the RA Ministry of Defense Artsrun Hovhannisyan confirmed this information of ours, adding that the soldiers of the military unit were also told that if there is someone who is not interested in the elections, he can not appear in the elections, no one can and has no right to force him to take that step.”

“People” the daily writes. “The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia has accepted for examination the draft of controversial amendments made on October 2 in the NA Rules of Procedure and the Constitutional Law. Do you remember that after the RPA, as well as the PAP and ARF, which were part of Pashinyan’s government at that time, hastily voted in favor of this project, a great wave of protest arose. RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan with the call, the citizens surrounded the parliament building. And the president of RA Armen Sargsyanin order not to aggravate the situation, he simply did not sign the project, sending it to the Constitutional Court to challenge its constitutionality. “Zhoghovurd” daily newspaper was informed that the case has been accepted for examination and the trial will start already in 2019, and the first hearing is scheduled for January 22. It was appointed by written procedure. The National Assembly was appointed as the respondent. But here it is noteworthy that the investigation of the case will begin when the powers of the parliament that adopted the draft have been terminated, moreover, it is possible that the RPA authors of the draft may not even be members of parliament. And it will turn out that the new parliament will answer the previous one for those who did. Although in this case it is clear that the new parliament, as the respondent, will help the CC to recognize the adopted project as unconstitutional.”

“Publication” the newspaper writes. According to a Russian source, Russian emissaries are in Armenia these days and have come to understand the situation. In Russia, they are worried that pro-Western and pro-Soros forces will dominate in the next National Assembly, first, of course, the “Sasna branches”, then those with a European orientation. Moscow considers several persons who have the reputation of a key Sorosian and appeared on the list of CP. They have serious reservations about such figures as Davit Sanasaryan and Babken Ter-Grigoryan(initiator of the Putin go f*uck yourself movement), are offended by the presence of figures considered to be Soros, Hovhannes Hovhannisyan and Sos Avetisyan (the latter was guaranteed by the Secretary of the Security Council Armen Grigoryan). The Russians confirmed that Avetisyan “came out” from the influence of “Soros” 1-2 months ago to enter the National Assembly.

“Realist” the newspaper writes. “While Artsakh and the army are divided in the campaign, in the true sense of the word, many internal Armenian problems are left out of the discussion. In meetings with citizens of different marzes, it is necessary to talk clearly about their problems, development plans for the coming years, but no, the campaign follows a completely different logic. This agenda is dictated by the government of the day and consistently promoted, in which only one force becomes a participant – the RPA representing the former government. Other forces participating in the election and society are in the role of observers. The RPA and “My step” are on the stage, they are crushing each other, from which the society has no benefit, and the more knowledgeable part, which demands ideas and vision, is disappointed. No one knows how the government will change his life in the next 5 years. Instead, he hears: calm down, representatives of the Artsakh government, we will throw the village heads out by the neck, we will spread the asphalt for a long time… However, this is not the only nail that the government will use in the campaign. According to our information, in the last days of the campaign, the levers of the government will be put into action, and the NSS will come into play again. A surprise file has been prepared, a report of the National Security Service, the National Security Service. They will try to show the public how many former officials they spread on the asphalt and what great discoveries they made! So don’t hope for programmatic discussions.”

“time” the newspaper writes. “Governor of Shirak Karen Sarukhanyan one by one, he invites the community heads of the region to his office and instructs them to work for the candidates of the “My Step” bloc. Moreover, the head of the village threatens that if his order is not fulfilled and “My Step” does not win a convincing victory in the given community, the village head will have problems with the law enforcement agencies after the elections. This is not a new approach, the RPA governors treated village heads in the same way, but they wanted 50-60 percent instead of 70-80 percent.”

“Realist” the newspaper writes. “Martunu Medical Center has not been able to choose a new director for a long time. The term of office of the previous one has ended, and the nominees are removed from the examination one after the other. Vigen Khachatryan, the representative of the Martuni territorial division of the “Sasna Tsrer” party, is running for the position of the director of the MC. “After the second round of the competition, he was also cut off, avoiding appeal in the prescribed manner. But a few days later, when the newly appointed governor Buy Sanosyanwas in their village on a working visit, he urged the villagers to block the road of the governor and put an ultimatum before him: either Khachatryan will be the director of the MC, or they will take more extreme steps,” said the source of “Irates”. He also stated that the issue has a political context, because Khachatryan is a supporter of “Sasna Trees” and is doing everything to steal votes from the ranked candidate of the “My Step” bloc, Governor Sanosyan. “The people of Martun are being provoked that instead of voting for Pashinyan, they should vote for Sasna Trees,” said our interlocutor. to settle, but there were some problems with the paperwork, and his departure did not work out. As he personally could not run, he proposed the candidacy of his sister’s husband to “Sasna Trees”. They did not reject Khachatryan either and included his son-in-law Davit Galstyan in Martun’s rating list.” It was also known to “Irates” that in Martuni and neighboring villages there is now a fierce battle between the above-mentioned two forces. The governor wants the issue of the director of the hospital to be resolved peacefully after the elections, and Khachatryan and his son-in-law are using the delay in the election of the head of the medical facility as a club.”

“People” the daily writes. “Zhoghovurd” daily newspaper was informed that currently 100-110 court cases are being heard daily in the RA Administrative Court with the request for the invalidity of administrative acts of the Republic of Armenia. Most of the fined citizens appeal the administrative acts in court, because if they are declared invalid, attorney’s fees are confiscated from the court. As a result, the lawyers provide interest and service to the drivers at the extra-budget expense of the traffic police. During the last 9 months of the last year, 1 million 461 thousand people were brought to administrative responsibility by the Central Administrative Court. 966 decisions. In the same period, 14 thousand appeals were made from the decisions made in the order of superiority. 74, by judicial order – 5 thousand. 838. “Zhoghovurd” daily found out that during the last 9 months of last year, 4,000 decisions were made by the court in the lawsuits filed against the CSO. Out of 55 judgments, 2,000 were issued against the CSO. 325 judgments, and here 1 thousand was made in favor of ЧО. 730 judgments. During the 9 months of the previous year, 5 million drams were confiscated from the CSO as legal fees. And there is a fear that this amount will increase and turn into 25-30 million drams.”