ArmInfo. Any division of the citizens of Armenia is unacceptable, Deputy President of the National Assembly Eduard Sharmazanov said on September 11 in an interview with journalists.
According to him, the biggest misfortune of the Armenian people is the constant division into Bagratunies and Artsrunies, the Dashnaks and Bolsheviks, on the Communists and the Armenian Liberation Movement, on the "blacks" and "whites." "Those who are looking for enemies in their homeland, while calling themselves" white ", should be ready to listen to the opinion of the" blacks, "- said Sharmazanov. "I want to note that the representatives of the Republican Party of Armenia, no matter what Prime Minister Pashinyan says on this issue, do not hold secret talks either in cafes, or under arches, or anywhere else." We did not even nominate our own candidate for the upcoming elections to the Council of Elders. If there was a necessity, we would nominate our candidate and use our resources in order to get the votes of the voters, "the Deputy President stressed.
"We gave our party representatives complete freedom so that they could choose the program they consider most suitable. If someone from our party wants to choose " My Step " bloc they can do as they want. Although, the more the Head of the "My step" bloc and his allies speak the less chances he will have to win votes of rational people " Sharmazanov stressed.
Touching upon the internal political situation in the country, the Deputy President noted that the main political body in the country is the National Assembly. "I ask you not to link the upcoming elections to the Yerevan municipality with the forthcoming political processes, regardless of who will rule in the city and who will not, we will conduct the political process in the way our state interests demand," the Deputy President concluded. .
To note on September 2 during the election campaign to the Council of Elders of Yerevan, the candidate from" My Step", headed by the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, comedian Hayk Marutyan said that there are no games against their team and those who don't choose them are "black". For this statement, Marutyan was severely criticized in social networks. Marutyan's opponents for the post of the head of Yerevan also subjected him to harsh criticism.