Amsterdam: Euronews poll aims to create illusion of results of Armenian parliamentary elections being predetermined to ensure low turnout

ArmInfo. The goal of the Euronews poll is not to inform the Armenian public, but to create the illusion that everything is already decided to ensure low voter turnout in the parliamentary elections in Armenia on June 7. This opinion was expressed on his Facebook page by Robert Amsterdam, founder and managing partner of Amsterdam & Partners LLP and lawyer for the leader of the "Strong Armenia" bloc, in response to a biased Euronews article claiming that Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan could win a parliamentary majority.

According to the international lawyer, the results of the poll presented in the Euronews article are detached from reality and are nothing more than an attempt to exert psychological pressure on Armenian voters.  "They are being published to convince the Armenian people that there is no point in going to the polls.  Such an anti-democratic style of work was simply unimaginable," Amsterdam stated.

In this regard, he urged journalists in Armenia, when meeting with the Armenian people, to avoid the claim that the main threat ahead of the parliamentary elections today is disinformation spread by the Russian side.  "In reality, these elections are about something else. They're about Pashinyan, who is in no way fit for his position. Besides being incompetent, he's being criticized by his own voters and responding with violence.  They're also about a man who lost two wars and didn't lift a finger to free the Christians who stood alongside Armenia during those wars from the harshest prisons. They're also about the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC), which Pashinyan is fighting against and whose spiritual leader he's trying to get rid of.  They're about a man who even included this point in one of his election platform," the international lawyer noted.

That is, as Amsterdam concluded, this isn't about Russia or the European Union, even though they are involved in spreading disinformation, threats, or exerting pressure.

"This is all about the Armenian people, the homeland, and Pashinyan's attempts to divide this homeland from the diaspora. It's time for Western media to shed their own Russophobia and try to treat Armenia as a sovereign state, the cradle of Christianity, and an important regional center," Amsterdam concluded.

As a reminder, EuroNews published an article on May 31 claiming that Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's ruling Civil Contract party could secure a significant parliamentary majority. The article claims that the latest poll, conducted ahead of the decisive elections in Armenia on June 7, shows that Pashinyan's party could secure nearly 65% of the votes cast, promising a convincing victory and a substantial majority in the future parliament. Moreover, citing Breavis, it is claimed that Pashinyan's party will secure a comfortable lead over the "fragmented opposition," some of which is openly supported by Russia, with none of these parties polling more than 12%. It is added that if next Sunday's vote confirms these predictions, Armenians will give Pashinyan a decisive mandate to cement the South Caucasus country's strategic pivot toward a pro-European and pro-Western course. Breavis, however, issued a statement emphasizing that the polling data presented in the EuroNews article bears no relation to the data presented in their May 22 survey. Curiously, independent polls give Pashinyan no more than 30% of respondents' support. Moreover, according to these polls, the opposition forces entering parliament are receiving enough votes to form an opposition parliament. This material from the European publication is not only biased but also aimed at misleading citizens. Let's add that even the IRI poll states that 32% of respondents are ready to vote for Pashinyan's party; there was no mention of 65% in this poll.