Hayk Marutyan: After the end of the pre-election campaign, all  political forces represented in municipality became one team

ArmInfo. This year, the pre-election campaign of all political forces was quite vigorous, active, and I believe that this is correct. On October 10, Yerevan  Mayor Hayk Marutyan told this in an interview with reporters when  asked how he intends to cooperate with representatives of the  Prosperous Armenia Party, as there were very strained relations  between them during the days of election campaign.  

"All over the world, the election campaign is just that - emotional and tense.  However, after the elections are over and the people express their  will, we become one team. All members of our Council of Elders are a  single team, and the goal of this team is to  improve the lives of  our residents in Yerevan, "the Mayor stressed.

Marutyan said that any interesting and good proposal put forward by  representatives of the PAP or Luys factions will certainly be  accepted and implemented.

The Mayor noted that he intends to personally listen to the opinions  of the residents of Yerevan, including representatives of the  Republican Party. "The opinion of everyone is important to us,  including representatives of the Republican Party. I will say more, I  really appreciate any criticism, since it is healthy criticism that  points us to our mistakes and does not allow us to commit new ones ",  - Marutyan stressed. 

As for the fact of significant predominance in the Council of Elders  of the representatives of the "My step" bloc, which has practically  no opposition, Marutyan said that there are people in the faction who  are non-partisan. "We have opposition inside the bloc. Each issue in  the faction is discussed for a long time, and only then we make a  decision.  Thus, each issue is discussed even longer than if there  were numerous opposition forces in the Council of Elders, "the mayor  concluded.

To note "My Step" bloc, supported by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan,  received 57 mandates, the Prosperous Armenia Party received 5  mandates, the Luys bloc had 3 mandates. In accordance with the law,  actor Hayk Marutyan, who heads the list of the "My Step" bloc, was  elected mayor today.