Azerbaijan, Baku, November 11/ Trend, E. Tariverdiyeva /
The series of resignations of governmental officials in Armenia can be described as evolution, i.e. the process of substitution of elites in the country, said Alexander Iskandaryan, Director of Armenia's Caucasus Institute.
"The resignations are not coincidental. This is an apparent plan of changing the structure of Armenian Government aiming at diminishing the influence of financial and industrial groups, a kind of "de-oligarchization" of power," Iskandaryan told Trend on Friday.
A series of loud resignations of top governmental officials, including Parliament Speaker Ovik Abramyan, Yerevan Mayor Karen Karapetyan, and Police Chief Alik Sarkisyan occurred in Armenia over some latest months.
Iskandaryan claims the process is linked to the parliamentary and presidential elections in 2012-2013, which promise to be rather competitive, something that can not help affecting the internal processes.
"The process is not over yet, and speaking of its results is premature. But if it is led to an end, it will become possible to describe it as the third elite revolution over the years of Armenia's independence," Iskandaryan said.
"In Armenia, there is no consolidated monolith power. It consists of separate groups and structures fighting one another. What happens now is in line with a certain system, and if the process goes to an end it will become a serious change in Armenia's policy," the political expert said.
Iskandaryan says the process may result in business's separation from power, and neutralization of the influence of oligarchs, which will not be able to influence upon political and personnel appointment decisions any longer.