The Armenian body politic is still under the influence of fear - political scientist Andreas Ghukasyan.

The Armenian body politic is still under the influence of fear, and the citizen is unable to express his free will, political scientist Andreas Ghukasyan stated during a press conference on Wednesday, and stressed that the reason for this is Armenia’s being an illegitimate state.

“In my view, this government will be provisional. Both the opposition and the authorities have suffered a defeat. One was unable to bring about change while the other is unable to solve the problems and form a government on its own,” Ghukasyan noted.

He added that coercion became one of the tools during the parliamentary elections, and he predicted that the next government will be provisional, which is a defeat for the political system.

In Andreas Ghukasyan’s words, this notwithstanding, Armenia’s civil society is gradually becoming more active.

The press conference’s other speaker, “Cooperation for Democracy” Center Director Stepan Danielyan, noted that a total administrative coercion was put to use during the elections.

“At the same time, however, these were the best elections since 1991,” he said, and added that he has a hunch that certain political forces “send” special people “on a mission” to the society in order to control its activeness.