On the third day of the campaign, Eduard Sharmazanov, speaker of the Republican Party of Armenia and deputy candidate, said live on Facebook that he will be in all communities of Lori region to present the 11-year activity.

He also referred to an important event that took place yesterday in Lori Marz. “Representatives of today’s government, headed by the acting prime minister, visited, and I regret to say that a person had deteriorated in the hospitable Lori, and that deteriorated person was Nikol Pashinyan, no less, no more. The case had reached the point where he was threatening, blackmailing, waving his finger, spreading the asphalt, and grabbing the necks of the residents of Lorraine right and left. Dear friend, the Ski Turks could not grab the people of Lorraine by the neck or spread them on the asphalt. In 2018, in the battle of Gharakilisa, the glorious people of Lorraine defended Armenia with Nzhdeh,” he said.

Sharmazanov called for a political debate. “What does it mean to spread the asphalt, grab the neck? Are you a prime minister or an asphalt spreader? How can you descend to that level? Is this a political debate or a Kuchi bazaar?” he said, adding that he felt bad for such a leader of the country.

“You have a plan, go and present it. Do you have to decide whether the RPA should exist or not? The RPA was and will be during the Soviet Union. People like you will come and go, but Ashot Navasardyan’s party will remain. This is a party of ideas,” he said, and then he referred to Pashinyan’s call not to elect the RPA.

“What are you trying to do, don’t vote for RPA? This is a free election, whoever wants to vote, why did you go after the poor village heads? Each village head is the cream of the community, it is the collective will. Every village head is more legitimate than you today, and don’t try to talk to the people of Lori in that tone, they will choose you: congratulations, they will choose us, let them choose us, why are you so bad, brother, don’t forget, you are the head of the state, not for good,” he said.

Sharmazanov also spoke about Pashinyan’s observation that he was approached and told that the village heads were threatening them to elect the RPA.

“Your supporters are scaring you, according to the news in the air, you take state employees to rallies, you terrorize the voters with your speech, you wave your finger at the voters, the voter will break your finger on December 9. There is a place for asphalt workers in Moscow, take your team, go, spread it, we don’t need an asphalt worker, we need a head of state,” he said.