Armenia is living in an election campaign period, when each political entity is trying to be sold, said vice-chair of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK), MP Galust Sahakyan, speaking to journalists in the Armenian capital today.<\/p>\n
“I consider the political situation, as a pre-election year, to be very positive. If it continues this way, we’ll have great elections,” he said.<\/p>\n
Sahakyan also weighed in on the fact that all free and paid toilets in the vicinity of Liberty Square (where opposition supporters have been staging round-the-clock rallies since Friday) are being closed.<\/p>\n
He noted that to journalists who asked him about this matter yesterday, he said buckets could be distributed to the campers (to be used as toilets).<\/p>\n
Sahakyan opined that operating or closing toilets is a person’s “business right.”<\/p>\n
“If they’re holding rallies and people are no longer working, let them bring portable toilets. How are they bringing tents? Tomorrow or the day after they’ll say, bring us food,” he said.<\/p>\n
Asked by Epress.am why the roads are closed for inter-city transport, the MP said, “I don’t know why they close the roads. I condemn this phenomenon. They must be subject to accountability within the scope of the law,” he said.<\/p>\n
On the Armenian National Congress’ demand for snap elections, the Republican MP said that “snap elections as an ideology doesn’t exist.”<\/p>\n
If they asked him, Sahakyan added, then he wouldn’t allow the rallies in Liberty Square to go on “for even another day.”<\/p>\n
“The police has to not disperse [ralliers] but assert its authority. What does it mean to ‘disperse’ [i.e. to disseminate] \u2014 is it a seed or what?” he declared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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