June: 2, 2026
On May 25, during his pre-election campaign, Nikol Pashinyan announced that after the parliamentary elections in Armenia on June 7, extraordinary elections should be held in Gyumri together with the people of Gyumri and “people’s power will be established in Gyumri”.
Vardevan Grigoryan, a former deputy of the National Assembly of Gyumri according to him, the Gyumri people have already made their choice last year, it is very difficult to deceive the Gyumri people.
“Gyumri has the experience of choosing the right direction, if you look at the results of the elections, you will see that Gyumri made a mistake in its choice in very few cases. In some cases, the elected deputy or other official could not live up to the expectations of the people of Gyumri, in all other cases, the people of Gyumri made the right choice.
As for the issue of organizing new elections in Gyumri after the national elections, which Nikol Pashinyan is talking about, then it cannot be within the limits of the law. If they do something like this, they should do everything within the limits of the law.” of 168.am Vardevan Grigoryan said in a conversation with
According to him, today the people of Gyumri are not dissatisfied with the work of the Gyumri municipality, because the municipality works well. If the head of the community Vardan Ghukasyan was not arrested, but was free, it would be better for Gyumri.
Speaking about the participation of Gyumretians in the upcoming elections, Vardaevn Grigoryan said that Gyumretians have always been active, and he believes that participating in these elections is no exception.
“I think you have seen the activity of Gyumri people at all events during this period, this also speaks of their future activity.
As for post-election developments, in my opinion, post-election developments are inevitable. There will be similar developments if Nikol Pashinyan is re-elected or not.
If Nikol Pashinyan is not re-elected, he will not leave his seat easily, the post-election developments will be hotter in that case,” emphasized Vardevan Grigoryan.
Let us remind that the elections of the 9th convocation of the National Assembly will be held on June 7, in which 19 political forces will participate.
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