“It had to be so, they followed our example,” Garnik Margaryan, a member of the Armenian National Congress (ANC) and the leader of the Motherland and Dignity Party, commented on the statement released by the PAP today that they would not participate in the presidential election and would not endorse anyone else in this manner.
According to Garnik Margaryan, “We also made a similar decision that we wouldn’t endorse anyone etc… and they followed in our steps.”
In response to our question whether he hadn’t been surprised at the PAP decision, Garnik Margaryan assured that he hadn’t, “The PAP is a part of the government; those are Serzh Sargsyan’s games.”
As for what phase the PAP’s cooperation with the opposition – particularly with the ANC – is entering after that decision, Garnik Margaryan couldn’t say. He just stated that their political council would convene tomorrow and they would have an answer to that question tomorrow.
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Let us remind that the Motherland and Dignity Party endorsed Levon Ter-Petrossian’s candidacy in the previous presidential election, and it has decided neither to nominate its own candidate nor to endorse anyone in this election.
Hripsime JEBEJYAN
