YEREVAN. – Everyone in the ruling Republican Party (RPA) is working for the party candidate, incumbent President Serzh Sargsyan until election day on February 18. After that, however, Sargsyan will be considered an outgoing president, and therefore politics in Armenia could start anew solely at that time. Political and electoral technology specialist Armen Badalyan said this during a press conference on Thursday.    

In his words, following the presidential vote, a variety of factions within RPA will commence working for themselves. 

“Some potential political developments could unroll at that time. [And] if [they do] occur, solely the external forces will benefit [from this], [and] if they do something here. But I see that the external forces stand to gain nothing; everything is unrolling as they want,” Badalyan said.      

The political analysts added that, due to the present-day societal disposition, nothing could be changed in Armenia.