Zurabyan: On upcoming elections the half of Armenian voters will vote for money
ArmInfo.On upcoming April 2nd elections the half of Armenian voters will vote for money, on February 16 during a press conference said Deputy Chairman of Armenian National Congress and ANC faction leader Levon Zurabyan.
He noted that the reason for that is the hard socio-economic situation the nation is in because of the Regime. "We hold monitoring, analysis which show that the half of the voters will sell their voices", Zurabyan said. And in this context he added that there are breaks in the new Electoral Code both for the Administrative Resources usage and for electoral bribes. "But there are positive sides as well, for example, the electoral lists are completely cleaned up so that only "alive people" and not the "dead hearts" will participate like the previous time."
While answering the question if coalition of ANC with other political forces is possible after the elections, Zurabyan said that the Congress is ready to discuss the questions of all kinds of cooperation with other political forces except Armenian Republic Party in the light of serious ideological differences. According to him, for now ANC has no any will and it is hard to say something unless the elections results will be public which will determine ANC's further steps. He also said that artificial blocs are not long lasting. "It is important for us to tell the truth to the people and have the support of real electorate. Our goal today is not to have more then 7% but to do everything to change the situation in the state", resumed Zurabyan.