“This election has been a selection between money and more money”, told Stepan Safaryan, nominated as an MP candidate from “Free Democrats” party by proportional lists during a press conference. He assured that the votes received by ranked candidates are the proof of the aforementioned reality: “If Arayik Grigoryan is in the first place, the second is Karen Karapetyan, the third is Samvel Alexanyan, etc. You yourself understand that the percentage we received is the reflection of neither our virtues nor our projects.”
Mr. Safaryan announced that cases of totally guided, controlled vote were recorded, simply a vote market: “It is not the first time I am telling that starting from school, kinder garden headmasters, condominiums everyone had lists by which they both suggested bribes and took to the polling station.” Mr. Safaryan reminded us that two political forces – RPA and “Tsarukyan” alliance did a manifest charity: “I do not consider it relevant to make a reference to Iveta Tonoyan’s and Hermine Naghdalyan’s announcements implying that it is the reflection of the soul, a donation, this speaks of everything itself.”
Mr. Safaryan named a row of objective factors having an impact on results that “Free Democrats” recorded: “It was difficult to enter an unequal struggle having unequal recourses. The winning political forces, e.g. RPA, supervise all administrative resources, or they are simply alliances combining their forces.” Mr. Safaryan listed their slips as well: “We entered the political process rather late. I speak of the persons joining the team of “Free Democrats”. Therefore, in this case, you cannot have the main opportunities as the others.”
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Tatev HARUTYUNYAN
