Armenian parliamentarian from ARFD Party Aghvan Vardanyan offers the acting mayor of Yerevan, representative of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia Taron Margaryan, to hold open debates with Head of ARFD Faction in the Parliament Armen Rustamyan , who tops the ARFD party list at the upcoming elections to the Elders' Council of Yerevan.
Vardanyan told media, Tuesday that Rustamyan is a politician of principle and his biography is the best evidence of that. Therefore, an open debate is a good opportunity to compare the political programs and the personal features of the RPA and ARFD candidates for the post of the Yerevan mayor, he said. Vardanyan said that on May 5 the citizens will chose between political forces and not persons. "These are political elections, first of all, and not just election of a digithead or a government official. ARFD is seriously preparing for the elections. There is situation in the country when the public is
mostly dissatisfied with the authorities," Vardanyan said.
Prosperous Armenia, Orinats Yerkir, the Republican Party of Armenia, the Armenian National Congress, ARFD, Mission and Barev Yerevan will run for 65 seats in Yerevan's Elders Council on May 5. The election campaign kicked off on Apr 7.