Friday, January 24, 2003

Pre-election campaign has officially begun three days ago.
Armenian citizens in LA, Moscow and 32 other cities will be able to vote.

Personally, I am looking forward to the next presidential election. I am hoping that by then Armenia will have a bill for dual citizenship and I'll be a member of the electorate.

Did you notice that there are two candidates with the same first and last names. Where else this could happen, eh?
Last count, eleven candidates, a couple of them real dodos and not a single female. You think there are no women qualified for the job?
One respected lady is Dr. Ludvila Harutiunian. She's smart, politically mature and balanced. And she knows better than to trek the impossible journey, twice.

I am also looking forward to May elections. O.K. Armenia is not ready for a woman president. But will women have more seats in the National Assembly? I mean, look at Europe, republics of former Soviet Union, most have thirty to forty percent women elected in their parliaments. We're not Europe? Look at Iran for God's sake, and some other Islamic countries, they have more women in their legislature than we do.

We can do better than four seats, right?

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