The June 20 elections were meant to resolve the issue of internal mistrust and the legitimacy of the authorities in Armenia, but according to analysts, the crisis deepened. With the persuasion of the opposition forces, Pashinyan's government and the CP party were simply reproduced by the use of soft power, counter-propaganda and the use of all government levers. Edwin Tamazyan, a member of the "Armenia" bloc, considered the elections as a proxy represented by the political force he represents. According to his testimony, all the well-known electoral fraud schemes, for which the Pashinyan government criticized the previous ones, took place in the elections. "I witnessed how the people of Nikolaev directed the citizens to vote in their favor, ballots were taken out of the precinct, our precinct was cut off, and for a few minutes it was not known what was happening with the ballot boxes," recalls Tamazyan. According to the politician, on that day there was an order from the top to use violence, threats and to silence the active figures of the opposition. The representative of the opposition emphasizes that until now there are names of citizens who have died or who have not lived in the territory of the Republic of Armenia for a long time, which are managed at the discretion of the authorities and voted in their favor. "In my polling station, I noticed people who entered the polling station with the ballot paper in their hands, I noticed people who voted twice, that's why the CEC published 100 percent voter turnout in a number of settlements, which is practically impossible," Edwin Tamazyan told us.

Just three days before the extraordinary parliamentary elections, the largest rally organized by the opposition took place today in the Republic Square, in which thousands of citizens participated to express their dissatisfaction with the policies of the current authorities. Robert Kocharyan, the second president and head of the Armenia Alliance, also took part in this decisive meeting. "For years, the Armenian army has been considered the most capable in the region, but today we are facing a monstrous betrayal, which destroyed our reputation, position and 30 years of victory," Kocharyan said in his speech. During today's rally, slogans and speeches were made by opposition politicians, civil activists and public figures. At the invitation of the president, the president of Docando Federation Arayik Avetisyan, Saribek Ovoyan also participated in this pre-election rally, who together with their Armenian students expressed their support for the opposition and the second president, Robert Kocharyan. "We have outlined the borders of our country only with victories, glory and honor, we have raised our flag with pride and listened with excitement as our national anthem is played in different countries of the world, but now we are being forced to reconcile with defeat, to get used to yielding and to adapt to the new reality. We declare that we are not a losing species and we will never accept the government that leads us to defeat and disgrace, violates our national interests," declared Araik Avetisyan, emphasizing once again that they must win in these elections for the sake of Armenia and the future of the Armenian people. "The election is not only the ballot, it is a responsibility to one's country, family and future generations," the president of the federation said, calling on the participants of the rally to be demanding. According to the organizers, the June 18 rally aimed to show the real extent of public discontent and the unbreakable strength of the opposition. After the speeches, President Kocharyan, Arayik Avetisyan and other well-known participants of the meeting approached and talked with the citizens present at the meeting and answered their questions. The rally was of a peaceful nature, but it was held under heightened police control, as it was the largest-scale rally of the pre-election period today, and it caused serious concern among Pashinyan and his relatives.

Yerevan, June 7, 2021 On the eve of the extraordinary parliamentary elections, pre-election educations are heating up even more. Representatives of the opposition "Armenia" bloc claim that during the campaign, the authorities use administrative resources and law enforcement agencies to apply clear and harsh pressures on opposition activists. The alliance considers these actions as an attempt to hinder the opposition's political activities and pre-election campaigning. The officials of the pre-election headquarters of the Armenia bloc are alerted about the incident that happened the other day, related to Yervand Khachatryan, one of the active representatives of the bloc, who during the campaign was engaged in meetings with citizens, represented the political positions of the "Armenia" bloc, and is also engaged in active pre-election activities with his team. In the conversation with Yervand Khachatryan, we learned that on June 2, when he and his team were distributing pre-election leaflets and posting propaganda posters, police officers approached them and tried to obstruct them. Khachatryan claims that despite his explanation that the propaganda materials were placed in permitted places, the policemen forcibly stopped their activity, and Khachatryan was forced into a car and taken to the police department. According to the opposition figure, he was kept at the police station for about 6 hours, where violence was even used against Khachatryan, without proper legal basis. According to the assessment of the representatives of the alliance, similar cases against Khachatryan and other oppositionists should be considered in the wider context of suppressing opposition activists during the pre-election period. The alliance claims that the actions of law enforcement agencies and the use of administrative resources have prevented the provision of equal conditions in the electoral process. The representatives of the "Armenia" bloc are preparing to present the information they have collected regarding these and other incidents to the international structures, which are actively monitoring the pre-election period as well. In particular, the alliance plans to submit a complaint to the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe, presenting the illegal, biased actions of the authorities and law enforcement officers during the pre-election campaign, which should be a serious alarm for the Council of Europe, as a gross violation of democratic values. Directed by: Serine Ghazaryan