If You Can't Beat Them, Join Them

That's just what Armenia's presidential hopefuls are doing!

Artashes Geghamian, the leader of the National Unity Party (AMK), indicated in particular that he is considering ways of teaming up with another opposition heavyweight, Stepan Demirchian, and his People’s Party of Armenia (HZhK).

Meanwhile, there is also growing talk of another major electoral alliance that could be led by former parliament speaker Artur Baghdasarian and the former commander of Nagorno-Karabakh’s army, Samvel Babayan. Among their potential allies is the Union for Constitutional Rights (SIM), a small opposition party affiliated with Artarutyun. Its new leader, Hayk Babukhanian, on Monday did not rule out the possibility of the SIM joining forces with Baghdasarian’s and Babayan’s ambitious parties in the run-up to the elections.

I really hope these alliances, if they pan through, actually enhance the democratic process and not act as a sort of cartel over the people's lives. Armenia deserves a true democracy, if such a thing exists.

Source: ArmeniaLiberty