Artak Zakaryan, a member of the Supreme Body of the Republican Party of Armenia, wrote on his Facebook page:
“Dear opposition community,
I am sure that almost all of you share one desire: to get rid of these authorities. But you must understand that this desire alone is not enough. Every citizen of Armenia needs unity and street struggle before the elections. Otherwise, the Republican Party will distort your wishes and will not care about your every vote. To preserve these votes and implement them, broad unity and street struggle are necessary before and after the elections.
Recently, the Republican Party was extremely upset by a survey conducted by the American IRI, in which, according to my data, the number of people who refused to participate was extremely high. Experts note that a certain segment of the population usually refuses to participate in any given survey. In the case of the latest IRI poll in Armenia, this number is almost double (the overwhelming majority of calls (10/7) refused to answer any questions).
This indicates that people are living in an atmosphere of fear, disappointment, and uncertainty. That people no longer have any expectations or faith. This indicates that a significant portion of people are afraid, avoid, or consider it pointless to even express their opinions in public opinion polls.
And in this case, who guarantees that a government built on fraud and fueled by lies will accept the contents of the ballot box after the capitulation of the homeland? Who is this naive oppositionist who, after eight years of catastrophes, repression, political prisoners, and a divisive atmosphere of hatred, is ready to believe in victory in the elections?
It turns out that the path to victory in the elections lies through a legitimate and united struggle for a vote of no confidence in the prime minister.
“The Communist Party, if it doesn’t win the prime minister’s post, will get 1.7% of the vote in the elections in 10 days. The picture in post-Soviet and Eastern European countries is almost the same. In our country, it’s even worse,” he wrote.