VOTE FOR THE "DOGS" AND NOT THE "WOLVES"
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05:45 pm | May 26, 2009
Politics
"I want to become mayor of Yerevan because I don’t want to be the
mayor of any other city," told "A1+" leader of the People’s Party,
mayor candidate Tigran Karapetyan. He says that he has that right
because he was born in Yerevan and loves Yerevan very much.
According to Karapetyan, a mayor must be honest, caring, clean and
must be with the people and not democratic, which doesn’t exist at all.
Tigran Karapetyan shares the views of the opposition and loves the
opposition out of all the political parties because "the opposition is
more moral in terms of morality." He sees black PR by the opposition
and the authorities. For example, ANC member Ruben Torosyan has
appealed to the Central Electoral Commission declaring that Tigran
Karapetyan has been on air for three hours, yet Karapetyan claims
that he couldn’t have been on air for three hours in a row because
the program lasts 1.5 hours.
Tigran Karapetyan considers his honesty as his own self-esteem. "I
am ready to share my personal means with the people. There are state
officials who don’t share with the people, but I do. If I get a hold
of the state levers, I will do more for the people and that is a
great advantage," said Karapetyan. The leader of the party believes
that the first thing to think about is the people.
Rumor has it that Karapetyan is stealing votes from the
opposition. In response to this Karapetyan said: "I am not doing it
intentionally. When Levon Ter-Petrosyan was taking decisive steps,
I did not get a lot of votes during the presidential elections. In
other words, my votes went to Levon Ter-Petrosyan. Now when he is
running for mayor, my votes may come back to me because the people
who were expecting drastic steps don’t see that now…"
Tigran Karapetyan doesn’t have high hopes in today’s political
format. "But we are going to fight until the end and we will not
let them steal our votes and reach the top." The People’s Party is
confident that it has already overcome the 10%. As for the latest
conflicts between the Republicans and "Prosperous Armenia" party
members, Tigran Karapetyan considers that normal. "They are playing
in the field where they are going to steal votes from one another
and where nothing is regulated and they see a danger when anyone else
enters that field."
In closing we asked Tigran Karapetyan to give his advice to citizens
of Yerevan who will go to the polls on May 31 to determine the future
of Yerevan.
"Don’t give your voices to the wolves, but the loyal dogs. By that
I mean me, who will fight for you, but not the wolves."