If the Republican Party of Armenia loses the May 5 elections into Yerevan's Elders Council, it will give a ground for serious doubts that the Feb 18 presidential election was a fraud, Director of Sociometer Center Aharon Adibekyan told journalists on Wednesday.
He said that incumbent Mayor of Yerevan Taron Margaryan has no serious rivals: Vartan Oskanian from Prosperous Armenia is not regarded as Mayor, Armen Martirosyan from Heritage has done nothing to prove that he can be one, Vahan Khachatryan from the Armenian National Congress is no longer remembered even though he was Mayor in the past.
Adibekyan thinks that things would be different if those parties nominated their leaders.
"Margaryan is an attractive man, and most of our voters are women. On the other hand, the program of Prosperous Armenia is more socially oriented," the expert said.