Kocharyan is not consolidating but deconsolidating force - Suren  Surenyants

ArmInfo. The second President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan is not a unifying, but a deconsolidating force, whose presence complicates the possible consolidation of the opposition camp. This is the opinion of political scientist Suren Surenyants.

"Yesterday I followed the interview of the second President Robert  Kocharyan with great attention, expecting to hear decisions, formulas  for public consolidation.

Unfortunately, my expectations were not met, since Kocharyan was  unable to overcome the complex of overestimating his own political  role>, - the political scientist wrote on the social network.

In particular, Surenyants notes, Robert Kocharyan states that today  two large blocs have formed on the political field: the   Bloc and the political force created by Samvel Karapetyan.

However, he believes that the facts show a completely different  picture.   bloc, after the 2021 elections, lost its second party: left it. Due to the Kocharyan factor, an ambiguous situation  has developed within the ARF, in the elite and ranks of which, it  seems, there is no clear consensus regarding the leadership of the  second president>, - he noted.

In political or institutional terms, the political scientist points  out, the bloc has not participated in any local government  elections since 2021, did not participate in the elections in Yerevan  and Gyumri, did not participate in the largest ,  does not support the impeachment process,

"Today, the Armenia bloc actually operates only in the format of a  parliamentary faction and does not have organized political activity  or an institutional structure.

The Armenia bloc is currently not a large formation, but a  parliamentary remnant.

In that case, what is Kocharyan talking about?>,  Surenyants asks.

Referring to the political force created by Karapetyan, he writes:  to be a force that does not  yet exist: there is no registered party, no ideology and program, no  structure and no public activity. Karapetyan's only advantage -  financial resources - has not yet been transformed into political  capital>

"Samvel Karapetyan's emerging force certainly has potential, but what  influence can we talk about if this force does not even exist in the  legal field?" he asks.

In his opinion, the real context of Kocharyan's thesis is that he is  trying to create the impression that the political field is  polarizing around him. But in fact, his isolation in the  field is obvious, other parties and individuals  avoid speaking on the same platform with him, his statements rather  create the illusion of a role than reflect reality, he notes.

"Kocharyan is not a consolidating, but a deconsolidating force, whose  presence complicates the possible consolidation of the opposition  camp. His thesis about 'two large blocs' is not supported by facts.

The bloc is practically inactive, the force of Samvel  Karapetyan has not yet been born. And of the  political field are still waiting for their real actors, not  illusions>, - wrote Suren Surenyants.