Verelq: The election campaign in RA is taking place against the background of populist promises

The pre-election campaign for the parliamentary elections in Armenia is actively underway and various political forces are mainly busy spreading populist statements and blaming the previous authorities for the mistakes they made.

Political discourse is largely ongoing Nikol Pashinyan on the criticisms of the RPA and the former authorities, promises to punish bribe-takers and mutual accusations for the mistakes made by the RPA, Nikol Pashinyan and his team during half a year.

However, RA is facing a number of serious challenges: an economic crisis and an expected economic collapse due to debt servicing, inflation and the accumulation of social problems, the Karabakh issue is relevant, Azerbaijan continues to arm itself and buy new weapons, not forgetting to threaten Yerevan and Stepanakert, and emigration has not weakened, the serious demographic crisis is assessed by experts as a threat to national security.

During the pre-election campaign, promises are made to the society, which will be difficult to implement without giving a clear answer to the above questions. Political forces avoid giving concrete answers to acute questions, limiting themselves to sending positive messages and promises.

This means that after the elections, the public will be deeply disappointed: many problems will continue to accompany RA and the Armenian economy, which will mean a permanent internal political crisis.

In order to face the external and internal challenges, all internal political forces must unite around the development of a strategy to solve the problems.

The force that won the elections should form a meritocratic or professional government, which, of course, will have a large public support and a high degree of legitimacy.