“Strong Armenia” will take the mandates if it thinks that Nikol Pashinyan will be removed from power faster that way. Party leader Samvel Karapetyan made this statement in a briefing with journalists near the anti-corruption court.

“If we find that we will remove Pashinyan faster through the parliament, then we will go to the parliament. If we find that we can remove them through a street fight, then we will go that way,” said Samvel Karapetyan.

He insisted that Pashinyan did not win the elections.

Karapetyan emphasized that if the KP is sure that they have won, they should agree to the second round to legitimize the results.
“Armenia must have a legitimate government for the country to develop,” he declared.

According to Karapetyan, the second round will be easier, because there will be no pollsters.

He also announced that “Strong Armenia” will appeal to the Constitutional Court.

“We will make two demands: to cancel the results of the elections, to schedule new elections or a second round,” said Karapetyan.

He added that the main decision-maker is the people. If the people decide to come to terms with the election results, they will accept it. According to him, the people are still thinking about what to do, because they need time to make a decision.

“Americans, Azerbaijanis, Turks, Europeans, Russians won these elections, the Armenian people lost. Everyone won, except our people,” he announced.

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