"Barev, Yerevan" ("Hello, Yerevan") bloc has no intention to bribe voters and falsify the upcoming elections to the Elders' Council of Yerevan, parliamentarian from Heritage opposition party Zaruhi Postanjyan told media, Wednesday.
She said that the parties bribing voters are unable to do anything else. "This time they will not manage to buy votes, because the citizens have become more conscientious and bribes insult them," she said. Postanjyan said that it is immoral taking advantage of the heavy social economic situation in the country and using the votes of citizens under pretence of charity.
Earlier, Mass Media reported that under pretence of charity Orinats Yerkir Party distributes condensed milk and honey to bribe voters. Reportedly, Prosperous Armenia has provided free of charge buses for Avan- Ararat Cinema route. Secretary of the party Tigran Urikhanyan did not refute the reports and said kidding that Gagik Tsarukyan Fund has been engaged in charity for already 250 years.
Zaruhi Postanyan highly appreciated the chances of the bloc for victory in the upcoming elections and said that the bloc will get majority of seats in the Elders' Council. She said that the incidents of April 9 and the high rating of Raffi Hovannisian cannot affect the results of the elections, because this will be the choice of the Yerevan citizens. "We will bring Yerevan back to the citizens. And the conscientious citizens will give their votes to us," she said.
Prosperous Armenia, Orinats Yerkir, the Republican Party of Armenia, the Armenian National Congress, ARFD, Mission and Barev Yerevan will run for 65 seats in Yerevan's Elders Council on May 5. The election campaign kicked off on Apr 7.