Armenian voter frustration with major parties could shift Bennelong outcome
The Armenian-Australian community's frustration with major parties could influence the outcome in the key seat of Bennelong, according to Armenian National Committee executive director Michael Kolokossian.
Mr Kolokossian said Armenian voters in the electorate are increasingly frustrated with both major parties' supposed failure to recognise the Armenian genocide.
"When you have a swing seat like Benalong and a large Armenian-Australian community where even a few hundred votes could tip the balance, there is an expectation at an election time that on the 110th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, that the prime minister, or for that matter the opposition leader, would use the words Armenian Genocide in their statement, which was delivered to our community only a week ago on the 24th of April," Mr Kolokossian told Sky News Australia.
"The community is rightly frustrated after years of silence, and that frustration is risking the Armenian-Australian community's vote being spread to minor parties.
"So Armenian Australians are rightly quite angry about the decision from both the prime minister and the opposition leader."
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