Armen Martirosyan; In all likelihood, the April 2 elections will be legitimate (video)
Armen Martirosyan, a candidate running in the Sunday parliamentary elections on the list of Congress-HZhK alliance, does not regret that the alliance focused on the idea of peace throughout its election campaign. He says they are averting a much greater catastrophe than corruption and poverty. “We do not fight to solve the problem of daily bread. We took the helm of the country, without paying attention to the force that is in power,” he said. Mr Martirosyan refutes the allegations that the alliance has concluded a deal with the authorities and agreed to bypass illegalities observed during the campaign. In return, the alliance was promised seats in the next National Assembly. “Even though the Dashnaktsutyun and Serzh Sargsyan were given such a great opportunity to resolve conflicts, they remained the same ungrateful people that they used to be,” he said. Armen Martirosyan says there is no agreement between the bloc and the authorities. During the four-day April war in Karabakh the Congress said it would stand by the authorities if hostilities continued. “”In all other cases, we are critical of this regime. We are their rivals and opponents,” he said. Mr Martirosyan does not rule out that they might take to the streets if the Sunday vote is rigged. “We have prepared grounds for the elections to be legitimate in order to not to protest the results after election day." Mr Martitrosyan says in all likelihood, the April 2 elections will be legitimate otherwise Europeans will not give Armenia money (about 9 mln dollars) for a formal vote.
