ArmInfo.Nikol Pashinyan will win the elections of the Yerevan mayor on September 23, international expert, former chairman of the parliamentary commission on foreign affairs Hovhannes Igityan expressed such an opinion to ArmInfo.
"The main mistake of the election participants and experts is an attempt to assess the upcoming extraordinary elections of Yerevan Mayor using ordinary situations and methods, while this is not a struggle of programs, it is not a rivalry between biographies and experiences." Elections should be considered through the prism of the revolution, the prism of the recent change of power. We all know that Yerevan's management system is completely corrupted, and it has always worked for some people carrying out political orders, "he said.
Accordingly, the expert considers that the upcoming elections in Yerevan should first of all be considered as an opportunity to break, destroy this vicious system as a continuation of the April and May events. In this light, Igityan forecasts that Yerevan citizens will vote for the country's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Yerevan mayoral elections.
"I state this with all due respect to the other participants in the election. For example, Artak Zeynalyan is the only decent Minister of Justice of Armenia in my memory, and I would very much like him to continue what he has started in this post. And I would very much like the Elders of Yerevan were representatives of the most diverse political forces. This will help the mayor to lead the city properly and will contribute to more constructive management of Yerevan, "the expert concluded.
Extraordinary elections to the Council of Elders of Yerevan will be held on September 23. More than 50% of the mandates are required for the candidate leading the list of a particular party or bloc to be elected a mayor. There are four blocs and eight parties in the elections. The "My step" bloc is leaded by Hayk Marutyan, the "Luys" bloc - Artak Zeynalyan, the "Prosperous Armenia"- Naira Zohrabyan, the "Yerevan Community" - Anahit Tarkhanyan, the "Yerevan residents" bloc - Ararat Zurabyan, the "Yerkir Tsirani" party - Zaruhi Postanjyan, the Heritage Party - Raffi Hovhannisian, the ARF "Dashnaktsutyun" - Mikael Manukyan, the "Hayk" - Gevorg Hovsepyan, the Party of reformists - Artak Avetyan, the Orinats Yerkir party - Mher Shahgeldyan, the Democratic Path party - Manuel Gasparyan.