QUESTIONING THE POWERHOLDER
07 Apr 2017

Political analyst Hrant Melik-Shahnazaryan is optimistic about the newly elected parliament.

A number of well-prepared politicians who entered the National Assembly understand what the policy and the economy are. “And most importantly, they understand what it means to bear responsibility.


Many people were waiting for the post-election developments. Having the bitter experience of previous elections, saying post-election developments we imagine quite different things. Politician Hrant Melik-Shahnazaryan singles out protests, complaints, and disagreement. “However, the post-election developments, according to the received votes, are the adoption of the power and the distribution of the roles. From the point of view of policy, these are more important and more significant developments,” the politician clarifies.


Melik-Shahnazaryan is optimistic about the newly elected parliament. According to him, a number of well-prepared politicians who entered the National Assembly understand what the policy and the economy are. “And most importantly, they understand what it means to bear responsibility and somehow justify the people’s votes,” he says.


According to the political analyst, Armenia has been preparing a long time for such elections, not only in terms of organizing the electoral process, but as well "formatting" the political arena.
What hampered the reaching this earlier and whether this was an achievement, what prevented some parties from entering the parliament, and, finally, what role did the positions of some political forces play regarding the settlement of the Artsakh conflict? The answers to these and many other questions in the program «Questioning the powerholder”.