YEREVAN. – Hraparak daily of Armenia writes: Yesterday [ex-President] Robert Kocharyan announced that they will definitely run in the Yerevan mayoral elections. “We will find a candidate who will be acceptable and perceptible to the residents of Yerevan,” [he said].
According to our information, on the days of expressing impeachment of [now former mayor of Yerevan] Hayk Marutyan, when there were rumors that they may go to snap elections in Yerevan, as the council of elders will not elect a new mayor, the political forces discussed the matter of new elections.
The [opposition] “Armenia” Bloc [led by Robert Kocharyan] considered the candidacy of the [former] president’s youngest son, Levon Kocharyan, who was number 50 on the [aforesaid bloc’s] NA [(National Assembly)] [snap election] electoral list. L. Kocharyan told us that they did not have such a discussion, and about his candidacy he said: “As long as there are no scheduled elections, I consider it wrong and untimely to talk about all this.”
However, in all probability, there will be no snap elections [in Yerevan]. The second president also spoke about it at yesterday’s press conference. “I believe the authorities would have gone to the polls if they had a little confidence that they will win in Yerevan. They did not go [to the polls] because they realize that they will have a serious problem in Yerevan and they cannot apply the same model in the capital as they did in Vanadzor, Goris, or elsewhere. The capital has always been more rebellious,” [Robert Kocharyan said].
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