1.0media.amhttps://media.am/en/Several Monologues Do Not Constitute a Debate • media.amrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="RaefItqych"><a href="https://media.am/en/critique/2013/02/16/3050/">Several Monologues Do Not Constitute a Debate</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://media.am/en/critique/2013/02/16/3050/embed/#?secret=RaefItqych" width="600" height="338" title="“Several Monologues Do Not Constitute a Debate” — media.am" data-secret="RaefItqych" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://media.am/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/banavech-2003_0.jpg292188During the second stage of the 2003 presidential election in Armenia, the first and currently the only televised debate in Armenia's history between two candidates, Robert Kocharian and Stepan Demirchyan, took place. And that, as mentioned elsewhere, was not so much a debate as it was a question and answer period — and the questions were formulated with the obvious intention of cornering the opposition candidate.