Vote for the “dogs” and not the “wolves”
"I want to become mayor of Yerevan because I don't want to be the mayor of any other city," told "A1+" leader of the People's Party, mayor candidate Tigran Karapetyan. He says that he has that right because he was born in Yerevan and loves Yerevan very much.
According to Karapetyan, a mayor must be honest, caring, clean and must be with the people and not democratic, which doesn't exist at all.
Tigran Karapetyan shares the views of the opposition and loves the opposition out of all the political parties because "the opposition is more moral in terms of morality." He sees black PR by the opposition and the authorities. For example, ANC member Ruben Torosyan has appealed to the Central Electoral Commission declaring that Tigran Karapetyan has been on air for three hours, yet Karapetyan claims that he couldn't have been on air for three hours in a row because the program lasts 1.5 hours.
Tigran Karapetyan considers his honesty as his own self-esteem. "I am ready to share my personal means with the people. There are state officials who don't share with the people, but I do. If I get a hold of the state levers, I will do more for the people and that is a great advantage," said Karapetyan. The leader of the party believes that the first thing to think about is the people.
Rumor has it that Karapetyan is stealing votes from the opposition. In response to this Karapetyan said: "I am not doing it intentionally. When Levon Ter-Petrosyan was taking decisive steps, I did not get a lot of votes during the presidential elections. In other words, my votes went to Levon Ter-Petrosyan. Now when he is running for mayor, my votes may come back to me because the people who were expecting drastic steps don't see that now..."
Tigran Karapetyan doesn't have high hopes in today's political format. "But we are going to fight until the end and we will not let them steal our votes and reach the top." The People's Party is confident that it has already overcome the 10%. As for the latest conflicts between the Republicans and "Prosperous Armenia" party members, Tigran Karapetyan considers that normal. "They are playing in the field where they are going to steal votes from one another and where nothing is regulated and they see a danger when anyone else enters that field."
In closing we asked Tigran Karapetyan to give his advice to citizens of Yerevan who will go to the polls on May 31 to determine the future of Yerevan.
"Don't give your voices to the wolves, but the loyal dogs. By that I mean me, who will fight for you, but not the wolves."
