Upcoming elections are political Sardarapat – Tigran Kocharyan

February 12 2026, 20:30

Opinion | Politics

People who will vote for the “Strong Armenia” party are, first of all, giving their vote to Samvel Karapetyan, with consolidation forming around him, Alpha News editor-in-chief Tigran Kocharyan said during a live broadcast on Alpha News.

“All more or less serious experts say that every small party trying to collect half a percent, 1%, or 1.5% will, in effect, be working for Nikol Pashinyan. Just like in 2021, when about 20% went to Pashinyan and gave him a majority, the same will happen now. If they don’t understand, we’ll explain again. Boys and girls, these elections are not about ordinary political careers, not about becoming known to society. These elections are about the existence of Armenia, about its future essence,” Kocharyan said.

According to him, the elections are, in other words, an electoral Sardarapat, where if Armenia loses, it will face Turkification, be deprived of the Armenian Apostolic Church, and lose all the pillars of dignity that the Armenian nation had at the time of independence.

“All the small parties and politicians must unite around strong alliances, and the strong alliances are already more or less known. Later, when Armenia becomes a normal democratic republic with dignity and state institutions, then it will be possible to hold elections and pursue, so to speak, political career growth,” Kocharyan concluded.