YEREVAN. – Opposition bloc Armenian National Congress (ANC) member Armenian National Movement Party Board member Hovhannes Igityan is not of the view that, by running in the forthcoming presidential elections, opposition Freedom Party Chairman—and former PM—Hrant Bagratyan and opposition Heritage Party Chairman—and former FM—Raffi Hovannisian are helping the authorities and are playing into their hands. Igityan stated this during a press conference on Monday.

He stressed that just the opposite is the case, as Bagratyan and Hovannisian will create difficulties for the authorities. He added that boycotting an election is much harder than running in it with a candidate.  

Also, he argued that even though ANC leader and First President Levon Ter-Petrosyan decided not to run in the upcoming elections, he did not leave politics at all. Hovhannes Igityan stressed that, owing to Ter-Petrosyan, Armenia’s body politic is now able to speak more boldly on a number of matters.

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