ArmInfo. "Our contradictions connected with the Yerkir Tsirani faction are primarily connected with our approaches." During the pre-election campaign, we called on the leadership to solve all problems calmly, and the party's leadership believes that everything must be solved emotionally, in this our positions are not coincide," the former member of the Yerkir Tsirani faction in the Yerevan Elders Council, Hayk Petrosyan, said at a press conference.
At the same time, he noted that he expected that they might have contradictions with the leadership of the faction, but did not think that they would lead to a split. Petrosyan also noted that they were always open to smooth out the acute angles and problems that appeared, but did not receive a response from other members of the faction.
He noted that during the election campaign, they clearly identified the problems in the capital that should be addressed. This concerns kindergartens, anti-corruption struggle, improving the ecology in the city, etc. and at the moment they will tackle these very problems, but separately from the faction.
Petrosyan also noted that the party is insisting on the fact that he and Parakshiyev have laid down the mandate, but they are not going to do it. "No way!", Petrosyan stated.
In his turn, another member of the faction Mnatsakan Parakshiyev stated that he is leaving the Yerkir Tsirani faction: "We will continue to engage in political activities, as we do not want to deceive the trust of those people who voted for us, we will continue to protect the interests of Yerevanians. That we should not turn the work of the mayor's office into a theater, and from here our main contradictions are," Parakshiyev said, noting that at the moment he and Hayk Petrosyan are not going to create a new party or join any other. Parikshiyev said that they are ready to cooperate with both the opposition and the authorities if their points of view coincide.
In response to these statements of former party members, the leadership of "Yerkir Tsirani" plans to make a bleaching press conference. Earlier, the party explained that the split was due to the fact that Hayk Petrosyan and Mnatsakan Parakshiyev betrayed the ideology, principles and programs of the party, putting the interests of the Yerevanians below their personal interests.