Armenian opposition unlikely to have united presidential candidate, pollster says
12:00 • 29.07.12

Armenian opposition is unlikely to run for presidency in 2013 with a united candidate, director of the Sociometer social polls center Aharon Adibekyan said speaking to Tert.am, explaining it with the opposition figures being very “ambitious”.
At the same time the pollster said the opposition parties understand quite well that in case of going separately, they will split up the opposition field, resulting in the re-election of incumbent President Serzh Sargsyan. Adibekyan said his center has already started preparing for the upcoming presidential polls.
“Our prior issue is to decide how the parliamentary elections reformed the electorate, learn their preferences, issues, etc,” he said.
In any case the pollster said there is a big wave of disappointment. “People who believed in the victory of the Prosperous Armenia party voted for it but was disappointed with the defeat. The same is with the ANC (Armenian National Congress), Heritage and ARF-D (Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun),” he said, stressing that the parties should not count on the disappointed people, relying on the devoted ones only.
Adibekyan said their studies will be of good help to all the parties. “Everyone knows that I am a professional, I do not lie, I do not publicize false information,” he stressed, adding that he is unbiased and gives objective assessments.
The pollster said political figures have already applied to him for finding out what results they will achieve in case of being nominated.
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