"There are some principles on which the opposition parties should come to declare in order to prevent the KP from winning in Gyumri," said Suren Surenyants, chairman of the "Democratic Alternative" party at the invited press conference-discussion.
He mentioned that he sent an invitation to participate in the press conference to many opposition forces, but only Vardan Ghukasyan responded from the USA. "What happened in Gyumri was not a manifestation of democracy, but a vulgar exploitation of democracy," said Surenyants, referring to the preliminary voting conducted by the CP, adding that Nikol Pashinyan has now started discrediting the international term "Primary" .
Surenyants explained that "Primaries" are a part of the American political culture and the US legislation is adapted to it, and primary elections are held in the states to determine the candidates of the two parties.
According to him, during the "Primaries" held in the USA, they do not go to the voters, but the voters approach the parties' offices, and Pashinyan decided otherwise.
"Nikol Pashinyan decided to attack the people of Gyumri, he wanted to remove his favorite Karen Sarukhanyan from the arena, but because, as is typical of him, he did not want to take responsibility, he decided to do it by giving games," said Surenyants and noted that the people of Gyumri also chose a non-partisan from the list. According to him, the CP has a maximum of 15-20% of votes in Gyumri, and so that the CP to overcome the situation, Nikol Pashinyan found a solution: Sarik Minasyan. "Sarik Minasyan's entry into the game is related to something else.
Nikol Pashinyan is trying to get the support of Arman Sahakyan, the president of the "Shirak" Football Club, who was successful in business under his predecessors, but is now very successfully adapted.
In fact, Sarik Minasyan is Arman Sahakyan's gift to CP," said Surenyants and noted that Sahakyan was promised the post of FFA president in return.
