Republican Party believes in its victory
"Did you doubt that the people trust the Republican Party the most?" said Republican Eduard Sharmazanov at the National Assembly surprised by the question of "A1+"'s correspondent.
"The majority of Armenians trust the Republican Party and proof of that are the RA presidential elections, the parliamentary elections and the Yerevan mayor elections," said Eduard Sharmazanov proudly.
According to him, Yerevan's mayor elections were held corresponding to European standards. "We can evaluate them as a step forward and that is how the European observers evaluated them."
Do the cases of assaults against journalists fit in that "one step forward"? In response to this, Sharmazanov said:
"No, I condemn the assault regardless of who it was against and the prosecutors must reveal the cases."
Do you believe in the evaluation of European observers when they give positive evaluations after every election and then change their conclusion? To this Sharmazanov said:
"I believe in the society and I believe in my party."
Sharmazanov doesn't deny that there were violations on May 31, but believes that they did not have an impact on the results of the elections.
Mr. Sharmazanov refused to clarify why the ARF received few votes after becoming the opposition. "The ARF didn't have many votes during the presidential elections either. The answers to all questions were given on May 31 and the people voted for the parties whose work is visible."
As for the Armenian National Congress's drop of mandates, Sharmazanov said:
"Every political party decides what to do with its mandates, but in my opinion, that is disrespectful towards 70,000 citizens who voted for the Armenian National Congress during the mayor elections."
