YEREVAN. – The parliamentary elections that were held in Georgia cannot have an effect on Armenia, ruling Republican Party MP Hamlet Harutyunyan said during a press conference on Saturday.  

In his words, a variety of ideas—such as the “Arab Spring,” “Georgian Roses,” etc.—are very often imported into Armenia and in connection with elections. “Each and every country has its domestic problems which differ from the problems of other countries,” Harutyunyan added.  

In the MP’s deep conviction, at present, we cannot say there are pressures on the Armenians. “There is something that has always been,” Harutyunyan noted and, reflecting on the parallels that are being drawn between the elections in Armenia and in Georgia, he added that Armenia’s opposition does not win because the authorities meet the people’s demands.