Pashinyan says participation in possible snap parliamentary elections to depend on political atmosphere

YEREVAN, MAY 2, ARMENPRESS. Nikol Pashinyan, head of the Yelk faction of the Armenian parliament, member of the Civil Contract party board, assures that they constantly analyze the domestic political situation and are ready for different developments, reports Armenpress.

He joined the citizens who are holding marches across Yerevan from the morning of May 2.

“We are ready for all scenarios, we have our actions in all cases”, Pashinyan said.

Asked whether he will participate in the snap parliamentary elections which will be held if the Parliament doesn’t elect a prime minister in the second round, Pashinyan said: “It will depend on the atmosphere as every day we have a change in the situation. Over the past 15 days the political situation in the Republic changes every day, and soon it will change every hour. And it will depend on the analysis of the situation”.

He added that even in case of provocations, they will not respond to violence by violence. “If there are some organized groups, we will neutralize them without any violence”, the lawmaker said. He added that nothing threatens Armenia’s democratic future at least in the coming 100 years.

CORRECTION: This article has been re-edited at 14:20 Yerevan time because of a misprint.

The original version contained a sentence saying: “He added that even in case of provocations they will respond to violence by violence”. A typographical error occurred during the publication of the article and the sentence was supposed to say: “He added that even in case of provocations they will not respond to violence by violence”.

The current article is the re-edited version.

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English –translator/editor: Aneta Harutyunyan, Stepan Kocharyan