The pre-election campaign for the RA National Assembly elections to be held on June 7 has entered an active phase. 19 political alliances and parties have applied to participate in the elections, but according to forecasts, the main battle in these elections will be between the party led by Nikol Pashinyan, the CP, which is the current government, and three or four opposition forces. 168 TVof Revue speaking about the course of the pre-election campaign on the air of the program, civil technologist Vigen Hakobyan emphasizes that the main task of the opposition in these elections is to ensure a high percentage of voter participation.

The civil technologist also added that if 55-60 percent of citizens with the right to vote participate in the voting, then the chances of the government’s re-establishment will decrease significantly.

“This is elementary arithmetic. In general, what is the government, especially this government, which has already objectively tired the society?

Any government gets tired of a significant part of the society after a couple of terms. It is no coincidence that in almost all countries where the government is formed through electoral processes, they usually do not elect the same person for more than two terms, because it is objectively also a psychological problem.

In this sense, even if we consider that Nikol Pashinyan and his teammates are an “ideal” government that does their work with 100% efficiency, a significant part of the society will already want changes, but since this government can be rated diametrically opposite, it is not working efficiently, and the activities of its administration have had destructive consequences, therefore, objective assessments and the expectation of changes are also added to this,” commented Vigen Hakobyan.

According to him, with the participation of about 1.5 million people in the NA elections, Nikol Pashinyan’s electorate is not enough for re-election.

«If there is more than 55 percent participation in these elections, Nikol Pashinyan’s power is in serious danger. The higher the turnout, the more catastrophic the results can be for the governmentVigen Hakobyan thinks.

The political scientist continues. “That’s why Pashinyan turns the elections into a farce, a fight of tongues and tries to “disgust” the voters with his behavior, hate speech, insulting speeches and threats and make the election process less serious so that people do not go to the polls.

It is in this light that the civil technologist evaluates Nikol Pashinyan’s, to put it mildly, jerky behavior in recent days. According to Hakobyan, this is due to the fact that Nikol Pashinyan simply faced the reality, seeing the attitude of people during the campaign. According to the gas technologist, Pashinyan is beginning to feel that the situation is difficult.

«Nikol Pashinyan’s vocabulary, this hysteria, etc., etc. are due to this. Rude behavior is putting it mildly. In general, that vocabulary, behavior, dragging women, in my opinion, is a civilizational problem. The confrontation with reality is added to this, especially in big cities: Yerevan, Gyumri, Vanadzor.

Its culmination was, of course, Arabkir Day. That day was literally stressful for Nikol Pashinyan. He begins to feel that the situation is quite serious, more serious than they imagined, and that’s where this jerky behavior comes from, losing control, I think spontaneous declarations of “I’m going to kill”, “I’m going to catch”, “I’m going to kill”, accusing everyone of being “treason” and “foreign agents”.“, commented the civil technologist.

According to Vigen Hakobyan, Nikol Pashinyan made a gross mistake, even a mistake of strategic importance, by losing his self-control.

«In any case, he really gave the opposition a chance, and the opposition should take advantage of those mistakes. Only the visual demonstration of all this can cause protestant moods among the same apathetic “coffee drinkers”, because here a civilized protest arises. For example, what happened in Arabkir was a civilized protest»։

Vigen Hakobyan also spoke about the topic of negotiations between the United States, China and Russia and the formation of a new world order, referring to both the Trump-Xi Jinping talks that took place in Beijing last week, as well as the official visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to China and the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China in Beijing.declaration on the creation of a multipolar worldto the signing.

Full interview in the video.

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