Oppositionist: Armenia experiences a calm before the storm

• Monday, October 29, 16:17

The political field of Armenia experiences a calm before the storm, Lyudmila Sargsyan, MP from the Armenian National Congress, Leader of Hnchakyan Party, said at a press conference in Yerevan. 

"As compared with the previous elections, the current situation in the political field of Armenia is exclusive, which is explained by the public's disappointment with the previous parliamentary elections and the lack of search for an alternative candidate for the forthcoming presidential elections", she said. The MP thinks that the ruling Republican Party of Armenia is too confident to consider that the country has no alternative to the incumbent President Serzh Sargsyan. She said that the forthcoming nomination will show that Sargsyan himself will be an alternative to the opposition candidate and will contend for the second position. "The current power is weak and cannot solve the problems of the society, and this makes that power more vulnerable", she said.    

To recall, earlier the RPA Spokesperson Edward Sharmazanov said that the incumbent President Serzh Sargsyan has no competitors, and the fight during the presidential elections will be only for the second position. This statement caused the furious reaction of the
opposition parties. In particular, Leader of the Marxist Party of Armenia David Hakobyan called Sharmazanov a court parrot and advised him to abstain from such statements.