ArmInfo. Candidate for mayor of Yerevan from the Prosperous Armenia party Naira Zohrabyan stated that after her speech, where she pointed out the presence of persons close to the representatives of the past ruling regime in the list of My Step, against her in social networks the whole state apparatus connection with what she turned to European structures.
In a conversation with the correspondent of ArmInfo, Zohrabyan noted that thousands of fakes were involved in the case of her denigration in social networks. According to her, the data of all fakes are currently at the disposal of the PPA. "They work so silly that it is not difficult to gather information about them," the deputy said.
Zohrabyan said that employees of various ministries and departments actively participate in the black PR against it. "All the necessary materials on this have also been sent to European structures, in particular, the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe in Yerevan, Dunya Miatovic, who forget the fact that I am not only a candidate for the mayors of Yerevan, but also and head of the parliamentary commission on European integration, which enjoys great prestige in international structures, I want to emphasize that these people rendered a disservice to Pashinyan, "the candidate said, promising. What about the most authoritative European structures?
"I think that the prime minister should pacify his ministers, whose employees, using state resources, are engaged in black PR," Zohrabyan said.
She also said that starting from today she starts a series of meetings with foreign ambassadors accredited in Armenia, many of who expressed their desire to meet. "The ambassadors are themselves preoccupied with terror over freedom of speech and conscience in Armenia, one thing is certain, you will be very hot, respected," the deputy assured.
She also noted that the pre-election situation in Armenia forced many political forces to think about the expediency of holding early parliamentary elections. "If they think they can force us to vote for a decision to dissolve the parliament against our will, they are mistaken, it will not work," Zohrabyan said.
Note that Prime Minister Pashinyan's harsh statements against opponents led to the polarization of the political field on the eve of the Yerevan elections. Currently, there is a consolidation of the main participants in the elections against the block "My step" supported by Pashinyan, which in turn led to speculation about further support for Pashinyan's initiatives in the parliament, where he has only three mandates. On the eve of one of the leaders of the Luys bloc, the chairman of the Republic Party, former Prime Minister Aram Sargsyan also reminded Pashinyan that he was elected to the post of prime minister, including thanks to the voices of those political forces that he now ruthlessly criticizes in the framework of the agitation campaign . "Mr. Pashinyan you will need the voices of these forces in the parliament, but not the fact that they will be given back in support of your initiatives, including in the matter of dissolving the parliament," he said. Meanwhile, just a month ago, all parliamentary forces except the Republican Party supported Pashinyan's initiative to dissolve the parliament and early elections.
Recall that, on the initiative of the head of the Armenian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Deputy Speaker Arpine Hovhannisyan, the PACE initiates an extraordinary monitoring in Armenia to ensure the norms of freedom of speech and conscience.
Earlier, after meeting with the deputy chairman of the RPA, head of the parliamentary commission on foreign affairs Armen Ashotyan, the head of the European People's Party, Josef Doll, expressed his concern over the atmosphere in the republic.