Both displeased and undecided
"I don't consider this election as an election in the widest sense of the word," People's Party Leader Tigran Karapetyan said to A1+. According to the preliminary results reported by the Central Election Commission, the Party has gained 8569 of total votes and failed to meet the minimum vote threshold of 7%.
Tigran Karapetyan says the election was conducted with large-scale frauds, violations and bribery which have been protocolled by the People's Party.
The discontent mayoral candidate promised to detail their further steps a bit later.
Leader of the Armenian Labour Socialist Party Movses Shahverdyan is also displeased with the vote outcome.
"We simply witnessed a low-quality election as we were unable to guess public moods and thoughts. We couldn't understand whom they voted for and what figures were publicized later," Mr. Shahverdyan said to A1+.
He had instructed his proxies not to yield to unpleasant incidents. "I told them to go home or to the office lest they should appear in unpleasant situations. If I say an election fraud technique called "carousel" was carried out during the vote, what shall I gain? They did everything possible to rig the election."
Asked what the Party is going to do next, Mr. Shahverdyan said: "We shall try to strengthen our party, review the situation and take corresponding measures. Our party members are free in their choice and actions. We have no connection with other parties. Our final decision will be known by the end of the day."
Asked whether the HASK is going to challenge the election, Mr. Shahverdyan replied: "Whom can we appeal to?"
The other two parties - OYK and ARF-Dashnaktsutyun - which didn't pass the election threshold, promised to inform about their future steps later.
