ANC doesn’t reject snap elections
Armenian National Congress (HAK) coordinator Levon Zurabyan views the series of dismissals as panic before the ship drowns.
"Karen Karapetyan's appointment as mayor of Yerevan was presented as the start of brilliant reforms through which the criminals of the past would be replaced with professional managers ready to make changes in Armenia through honesty and drive, but when that worker with drive is removed from office, it turns out that that propaganda was simply a "balloon" that popped," Zurabyan told "A1+".
He is certain that the Republican Party's dismissals won't lead to any outcome since the regime is still corrupt and undemocratic. "This goes to show that the regime is facing a serious, inner tension and has serious gaps and discrepancies."
Zurabyan recalled that Levon Ter-Petrosyan had clearly mentioned the expected dismissals in his speech and cited Ter-Petrosyan's words: "The government will break up sooner or later, and the overt manifestation of that are the serious discrepancies within the state apparatus and the ruling coalition. If they deepen, they can radically change the sorting of political forces and open new horizons for the enlargement of the opposition. There is no doubt that those gaps will deepen. These resignations will soon be followed by new dismissals. Things may lead up to clashes because this government is "drowning".
In an interview with "A1+", Levon Zurabyan also touched upon the allegations against the ANC after the October 28 rally according to which the Congress is retreating, has rejected snap elections and is planning on participating in the subsequent parliamentary elections. "Just read what Ter-Petrosyan said in his speech. We haven't rejected the demand for snap elections. What's more, the main issue is Serzh Sargsyan's resignation, which will automatically lead us to the holding of snap presidential elections. We are ready to take any measure, including parliamentary elections for Serzh Sargsyan's resignation, but that is a different story."
