Epress.am News from Armenia
In People’s Party leader Tigran Karapetyan’s opinion, a third alternative “political force,” represented by him, has been created in Armenia, which will announce certain resolute approaches at the May 3 rally, Karapetyan said himself at a press conference in Yerevan today.
On the topic of the possible joining of parties, Karapetyan said he recently met with Heritage Party leader Raffi Hovannisian and is getting ready to meet with him again.
As he has done at all his press conferences for the past two months, Karapetyan once again paid special attention to the opposition bloc the Armenian National Congress (HAK).
He said that HAK representatives have flooded the city with their leaflets. In the party leader’s opinion, HAK has money and pays those who distribute its flyers.
“They’re paid to do it; they have the money; they have the vehicles; they have a former prosecutor, a former minister of security; well they’re not doing it for free,” he said.
When a journalist asked whether he believes the youth who distribute the flyers are actually paid, Karapetyan retorted with “What, are you burning up? Go drink a glass of cold water.”
“Mr. Karapetyan, those youth are often beaten by police officers while distributing flyers,” said the journalist.
However, Karapetyan wasn’t convinced, asking for proof that the youth have gotten a beating, saying “We haven’t come down from the mountains; we were born in Yerevan; we know very well,” implying that such incidents were fabricated.
Epress.am asked Karapetyan to provide a few details on things to expect at the May 3 rally, to which he responded:
“You will come; I know you will definitely be there; you’ll see everything. I don’t have any role there; the people are there and let the people come and say their decisive word and you will listen.”
Throughout the press conference, the People’s Party leader spoke coarsely, patronizing those present with such expressions as “listen here” and “perhaps you’ve fallen from the roof”.