It's a tough situation.On the one hand, Serjik won by a large maigrn, so at the surface, there is nothing to protest.At the same time, the media is almost entirely establishment controlled, and it used heavily by the current government throughout the period leading to the elections. So you are dealing with a public voted heavily biased in favor of the ruling regime.There are a few things lacking in Armenia:- balance. When Levon was President, allegedly he used similar tactics to influence the result of the elections. Being the first president, he had the enormous responsibility to plant the seed of democracy, but IMO he failed to do that,- political IQ at the level of the masses. This is either a result of inexperience (read: time will help improve it), or a result of control (read: it will take a few generations of benevolent leadership to help plant the seed of democracy),- inability to yield power,- imitation. Robert is basically trying to play the Putin playbook, but if Putin is the NFL (National Football League), then Kocharyan is some junior varsity team trying to do television tricks at home, despite the usual, don't try this at home or else . Robert has been nowhere nearly as successful in leading his country as Putin has been,- lack of middle class. I think the essential sources of revenue in Armenia are tightly controlled by a small group of men, an Kocharyan is sitting on top. There is us and them , and unfortunately, from the point of view of the ruling mafia , them is the majority of population: poor, starved, and delusioned. Most of the smarter people have left Armenia, let's face it. So the ruling elite is having an easy time manipulating the majority,I agree, that Levon is not the answer. The answer is in planting the seed of democracy. And I doubt any of the people running in the election would be able to do that, if they won.

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