Philippe Raffi Kalfayan - IODA's Second Mission and Armenia's Dire Election Climate | Ep 554, Jun 4, 2026

About this episode

The episode discusses Armenia's deteriorating democratic conditions and IODA's election observation mission ahead of the 2026 elections.

Conversations on Groong - June 4, 2026 In this episode of Conversations on Groong, we speak with Dr. Philippe Raffi Kalfayan about Armenia's deteriorating democratic conditions ahead of the 2026 Armenian Parliamentary Election. We discuss IODA's second election observation mission, widespread arrests of opposition figures, state intimidation of voters, selective prosecution, and the serious threats to electoral legitimacy and civil rights under the Civil Contract regime. Topics: Arrests of go...

People in this episode

Guest: Philippe Raffi Kalfayan

Topics covered

• Armenia's democratic conditions
• 2026 elections
• election observation
• opposition arrests
• voter intimidation
• electoral legitimacy
• civil rights

Keywords

• Armenia
• democracy
• elections
• IODA
• civil rights
• opposition
• intimidation
• legitimacy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: IODA, Civil Contract

Places: Armenia

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