RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated earlier that the current euphoria in the country may not pass for another 15 years, but this does not mean at all that there should not be elections in the country for 15 years.

In response to this statement, RA NA Deputy Speaker Eduard Sharmazanov announced today that political arrogance and cynicism destroyed figures a thousand times stronger than Pashinyan.

“Bonapartism destroyed Bonaparte, we have also seen Levon Ter-Petrosyan, who had more than 90 percent of the vote, but after a year there was no one to say anything positive about him. Figures more powerful than themselves have been destroyed, and when you say: 15 years this will happen, that will happen, what can I say? God willing, the people will applaud for 15 years, but we have seen how much percentage Levon Ter-Petrosyan was elected in 1991, and already at the end of 1992, you would not find anyone who would say a positive word to Levon Ter-Petrosyan,” he said in a briefing with journalists at the National Assembly.

The RPA figure also referred to the realities surrounding the holding of extraordinary parliamentary elections. Sharmazanov first mentioned that he has not yet heard a final answer from the PAP whether they agree to early elections or not. In other words, as of now, I haven’t heard from “Yilk” who has a final opinion.

“I have not heard from any other power that I agree with the parliament going to self-dissolution. I think there are two choices. there are elections, there are forced elections. When the prime minister resigns, it is already a forced election,” he said.

Regarding the question of whether he considers the scenario that the Republican Party will propose its candidate for the Prime Minister likely, Eduard Sharmazanov stated that the RPA will neither nominate a candidate for its own purposes, nor will it go to special elections for its own purposes, nor will there be anything else. According to him, the idea should be the basis of everything.  

“I have repeatedly mentioned that the prime minister’s proposal is not the best option, if not the worst. Sometimes you choose between bad and worst, now the ball is in his court. If you resign according to the Constitution, then the political forces will discuss the issue according to the situation, in the interest of the country: do they nominate or not nominate a candidate, and after nominating, they will discuss what programs they bring, who they nominate, what he will do,” added the NA Vice President.

It should be noted that PAP leader on TV yesterday Gagik Tsarukyan announced that the party will participate in the extraordinary parliamentary elections. According to the PAP leader, they will cooperate with the parliamentary and extra-parliamentary forces that have not met Serzh Sargsyan, no Robert Kocharyan with Tsarukyan also stated that they have no objection to the dates of the extraordinary elections. “The people want it in December, so we want it too,” he said.