Levon Ter-Petrosyan reaffirms  his support for Samvel Karapetyan

ArmInfo. Levon Ter-Petrosyan, the first president of Armenia and leader of the Armenian National Congress (ANC) party,  has reaffirmed his support for Samvel Karapetyan, founder of the Strong Armenia party and head of the Tashir Group of Companies.

In his Facebook post, responding to criticism  he received for his  February 27 statement regarding the division of the Armenian  opposition, Ter-Petrosyan stated that the reaction had exceeded his  expectations.  "The reaction, to my surprise, was more intense than I  expected. Samvel Karapetyan is capable of uniting a strong government  around himself, consisting of professional economists and  technocrats, whose primary goal will be to strengthen the country and  improve the social situation of the population," Ter-Petrosyan said.

At the same time, the veteran of Armenian politics expressed  confidence that if Karapetyan wins, he will not abandon the  agreements signed between Armenia and other countries, but, on the  contrary, will further strengthen Armenia's commitments to them. "If  Karapetyan wins, the unconstitutional and treasonous campaign  unleashed by the state against the Church will automatically  disappear, which will undoubtedly restore the unity of all  Armenians," Ter-Petrosyan concluded.  Recall, on February 27,  Ter-Petrosyan stated that months of negotiations had yielded no  results and that they were failing to unite the opposition. He stated  that it could have fatal consequences for Armenian statehood. He also  expressed his belief that businessman Karapetyan could be the one to  unite the opposition and lead the country out of this crisis. Several  experts and political figures had criticized Ter- Petrosyan's  statement, believing that the first president of Armenia was thus  doing a disservice to Karapetyan in the upcoming parliamentary  elections on June 7.