ArmInfo. In the elections to the local self-government bodies of Armenia, not a single vote disappeared and was not rigged, and this is the most important thing. This was announced today during his video message. Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan.
He stressed that during these elections two unprecedented events took place - the defeat of a candidate supported by him in Kapan, and the election of the first mayor-woman in Echmiadzin. "I will dwell on the Kapan elections in more detail, this is an unprecedented phenomenon when a candidate supported by the prime minister suffers. But it is for this that we fought so that the will of the people was decisive. Although I am sure that our candidate in Kapan will also say his weighty word on the political field of Armenia ", - Pashinyan assured. But most importantly, he stressed that the authorities did not take even a half step in order to put pressure on the will of the voter. "It was for this purpose that we carried out a revolution. Perhaps there were some violations, but we will deal with them and try to bring the electoral system to perfection," Pashinyan assured.
At the same time, he did not share the opinion that the defeat of a candidate from the authorities in Kapan testifies to a decline in the post-revolutionary euphoria: "On the contrary, this indicates a wave of post- revolutionary euphoria, since our goal was to win the will of the people, and it happened in the elections in Kapan. And if tomorrow the people decide, on the basis of fair and fair elections, that we must leave, we will leave. "
At the same time, Pashinyan did not agree with the current opinion that the defeat in Kapan of his candidate is connected with the negative reaction of the people in Syunik to the appointment of Ex-Deputy Head of Police Hunan Pogosyan as the regional governor.