The rhetoric is confusing. One day, it is about the rule of law, the next day some anarchist revolution. If a few hundred people come out to see the road show, then we invoke "the people" as some kind of nouveau-Leninist populism. If no one comes to see the show, it must be the evil local fiefdom leaders who have scared "the people" away. Instead of campaigning with a real platform with real ideas to implement change in Yerevan, Raffi ended his Easter fast and...left town. To go to the regions to continue his Presidential inertial campaign, only now post-election. If I were a Yerevan resident who supported him I would be wondering why he is not focusing on the effort needed to win a greater share of the splintered electorate.
The American observer swore she saw ballot stuffing, but when they opened the box, they found nada, nothing, zippo. Honestly, I am at a loss as to how this is explained away. And just when rational minds would look to find a rational explanation for the allegations, the focus is shifted to the allegations of blackmail of the observer...yet another bait and switch tactic designed to confuse people and take their collective eyes off the ball.
April 9 will be the inauguration of Sargsyan and I am waiting to see what Raffi's action plan is. So far it keeps giving off the smell of confusion and diversion.
It's hard to expect an action plan from a person who never had an action plan before. Action plan should be prepared long before presidential elections, my friend.
ReplyDeleteLevon
Yes, but is it too much to expect of someone to learn from their tactical past mistakes?
ReplyDeleteArarat
You know, I am always giving the second chance, cause everyone has a right to make a mistake. But I guess we are now giving 4th or 5th chance to the same guy.
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