"Your Topic" newscast of "A1+" television invited Amalia Kostanyan, Chairwoman of Transparency International Anti-corruption Center and Abram Bakhchagulyan, Secretary of the Central Electoral Commission to share their views on local government elections in the country and representation of women in the local government. The newscast was aired through "Hamaspyur" network of 11 provincial television stations in Armenia on October 16, 2008.

Local government elections that took place in a tense and non-transparent atmosphere showed that local democracy needed consolidation in Armenia. In the opinion of Amalia Kostanyan "criminal" behavior dominates in electoral processes and it is power and money that are of value today, while Abram Bakhchagulyan thinks that it is the voter who is to blame.