The Authorities Have Not Even Attempted to Falsify Any Elections in Armenia: Pashinyan

The concept of "post-election process" has disappeared from the political life of Armenia. Before the 2018 revolution, this term was frequently used in Armenia's political discourse, as people expected a post-election process after elections. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated this.

“But this does not mean our country’s electoral democracy is without problems. The practice of electoral bribery continues to be applied by certain forces in Armenia. The issue is not only that significant effort is required from law enforcement to uncover such cases, but also that there are no practical mechanisms to determine the extent of bribery's influence on election outcomes. As a result, there are either no practical mechanisms to exclude forces that distribute bribes from the political and electoral process, or these mechanisms are uncertain. On the other hand, the activation of such mechanisms could be interpreted as an attempt to control the elections, although the presence of those who receive mandates through bribery in parliament or local self-governments is perceived as a failure of democracy when electoral tools are used to undermine democracy with money.

Additionally, misinformation exacerbates the situation, which is particularly problematic in Armenia because most media resources are under the control of forces that were removed from power during the 2018 revolution and are now presented as the opposition. To protect their illegally accumulated wealth from the process of confiscating illegal property, they spend part of it on spreading misinformation. In many cases, they receive support from their like-minded foreign forces,” Pashinyan stated.