At a meeting with journalists on 19 December, a member of Armenian Parliament from the ruling Republican Party of Armenia Manvel Badeyan said that Republican Party is not to blame if it is the best at raising the bar.

According to him, the party is not to blame if its candidate at the presidential election has no worthy competitors.

“If someone raises the heaviest bar, which others cannot raise, who is the guilty one, he or the opponents? We are the best at raising the bar, and it is an objective fact,” Badeyan said.