YEREVAN. – Aravot.am asked opposition Heritage Party Faction leader Ruben Hakobyan whether opposition bloc Armenian National Congress (ANC) has not ruled out the possibility of boycotting the forthcoming presidential elections if, just like the Prosperous Armenia Party, the ANC likewise adopts a passive stance, and what kind of elections we will have, Aravot daily reports.  

“I am generally against boycotting in politics. [But] This does not exclude the possibility that [this] could be done at the parliament in some cases. But in the global sense, in connection with the presidential elections, I do not support it for two reasons: First, [because] that will not happen. And even if several political forces announce that they are boycotting [the elections], there will be dozens of people that will enter and make that boycott become a monkey business.  

I have not seen any serious politician that speaks about boycotting [the elections]. I do not see what they anticipate by saying boycott, [and] what we will have in the end result. I do not think these publicly-hurled sentiments should be taken seriously,’ he [that is, Ruben Hakobyan] replied,” Aravot writes.