Pashinyan can remove Karapetyan’s power from the election in the “Moldovan scenario”.

Former teammate of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, now leader of the “United National Constitutional” party and member of the National Assembly, Hovik Aghazaryan predicts the use of the “Moldovan scenario” to remove the “Our way” movement, considered by the authorities as the main competitor, from the pre-election race.

During the meeting with journalists on March 9, the parliamentarian described the “Our way” movement as a serious alternative to the currently leading and current government in the opposition field. Referring to internal political developments, the politician presented two main scenarios of unfolding of events. The first, which Aghazaryan himself considers unlikely, but not impossible, implies a peaceful transfer of power. accordingly: Nikol Pashinyan cedes leadership to this movement as a result of the election and withdraws from politics as a historical figure.

The second and most likely option, according to the deputy, implies a harsh use of administrative resources. Aghazaryan predicts that seeing the consolidation of the opposition mass, the prime minister may take preventive measures and simply not allow the force to participate in the elections scheduled for June 7. According to his calculations, the registration of the movement may be rejected or it may be removed from the election campaign between May 15-20, which the MP described as a “Moldovan scenario”.

Answering the journalists’ question whether there are sufficient legal grounds for such an extreme decision, Aghazaryan made a rather ironic statement. He noted that if the head of the government finds it difficult to find the necessary grounds, he will personally provide them to the prime minister, adding that otherwise the political field of Armenia will simply be destroyed.

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