The World watches: Global news media closely follow Armenia general election
As Armenia is voting to elect a new parliament, many news agencies around the world are covering the process.
The BBC writes in an article titled “Armenia leader Nikol Pashinyan holds test snap election” that “Armenians are voting in an early parliamentary election on Sunday, a key test for the man behind the peaceful “Velvet Revolution” that swept the country in April.”
According to the BBC, Pashinyan’s My Step Alliance is expected to win a parliamentary majority.
France’s AFP is also covering the elections, in an article titled “Land of Noah: Armenia’s history and culture”.
It also didn’t miss the chance to present five points on the history and culture of Armenia, ranging from being the first nation to adopt Christianity, up to a “Star-studded Diaspora”.
RT also notes that polls indicate “the My Step Alliance, led by acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, will grab a parliamentary majority.”
Al Jazeera mentions that earlier this year Pashinyan’s bloc won a landslide victory in the Yerevan City Council elections, winning more than 80 percent of the vote, where nearly 40 percent of the country’s population lives.
Al Jazeera’s Robin Forestier-Walker, said that a Pashinyan victory would complete the peaceful revolution that began earlier in the year.
“If that happens, this will be the finishing touch of his so-called velvet revolution, when back in the spring, he managed to bring out tens of thousands of Armenians on to the streets, to bring about a peaceful transition of power. Back then, he was elected prime minister with hundreds of thousands of Armenians on the streets, demanding parliament make him the country’s leader,” he said, as reported by Al Jazeera.
Iran’s Press TV reminded a Gallup poll conducted between December 1 and December 4 among 1,100 voters that gave a sizable lead to My Step Alliance among all other parties with 69.4 percent of public support.
Turkey’s TRT World quotes PM Nikol Pashinyan having earlier said he plans to make Armenia “an industrial, high-tech, export-oriented country”, and spark an “economic revolution”.
Canadian internet news service Digital Journal says “Armenia votes in snap polls to cement reform drive”.
