Monday, December 10 2018 12:02

ArmInfo. Only the first stage of the velvet revolution has ended in Armenia. The leader of the winning "My Step" bloc, the acting Prime Minister of the Republic  of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan stated this at a press conference dedicated to the results of the early parliamentary elections held on December 9.

According to him, the revolution will not end until its main goals  are achieved - turning Armenia into an economically powerful state,  carrying out an active international policy, ensuring the rule of  law, abandoning monopolies. One of the main issues of the agenda of  the new authorities is the implementation of the economic revolution.  Today, acting Prime Minister continued, this issue is gradually being  resolved.  "Our team is working on implementing the goals of the  revolution, but if we fail to achieve the goal, the people will hand  over the mandate to another political team," Nikol Pashinyan  stressed.  He disagreed with the opinion that the bloc had spent too  much financial resources on the election campaign. "We used only a  small part of the funds allocated to us according to the law. In  total, 268 million drams were used, which means we can use another  240 million drams. Yes, in terms of volumes, we are leaders, but our  stated amount corresponds to our real expenses," the acting Head of  Armenian government said.

To note, according to the results of the elections, the "My Step"  bloc received 70.43% of the votes, Prosperous Armenia and Bright  Armenia parties won 8.37% and 6.37% of the votes, respectively. It is  these three political forces that will enter the National Assembly of  the Republic of Armenia. The voting results have been summed up from  all the 2010 polling stations. The current elections were  characterized by low voter turnout, which amounted to 48.63% of  voters, which is significantly lower than in the previous  parliamentary elections in 2017, when more than 60% of voters came to  the polls.