“Ask the CP,” Ani Khachatryan, a member of the “Republic” faction’s council of elders, said in a conversation with reporters today after the Yerevan Municipality session, referring to the observation that the CP’s pre-election program did not mention a transport fare increase.
Regarding the observation that they were cooperating with the CP, Khachatryan disagreed. “We are not with the CP, we are a separate party.”
Referring to the transport fare increase, Khachatryan noted that they were in favor of it, and then, speaking about Hayk Marutyan, made offensive statements.
“We said, yes, transport must be improved. Transport has not increased in price, this is an improvement in transport costs. The Karinchkas who are collecting signatures on the street themselves, when they were mayors, planned not a 150 dram fare increase, but much more.
So we have been familiar with those “Super Mom” performances for a long time. He himself says in interviews that there cannot be a price increase if we want to have improved kindergartens, etc.
He does not have enough manhood and political will to take risks,” Khachatryan noted.
