YEREVAN. – The situation that was created in Armenia was foreseeable, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic former FM and Armenia’s presidential candidate Arman Melikyan said during a press conference on Tuesday.  

In his words, he held hopes until the end that the political forces would not boycott the forthcoming presidential elections.

“Today, second-echelon representatives have entered into the election campaign. I mean [political] party leaders. Today, we have reached the finish line, when no chance is left to form a government by way of elections, and the victim is the body politic,” Melikyan added.    

He noted that, considering created situation and the challenges, he decided to run for president.

During the press conference, Arman Melikyan also signed a letter, which was addressed to the Central Electoral Commission (CEC), whereby he proposed the CEC to publicize the data on those that no longer live in Armenia, those that have been issued Armenian citizenship but do not live in the country, and on those that have renounced their Armenian citizenship.  

“We believe 35-40 percent of Armenia’s population does not live in Armenia,” Arman Melikyan added.  

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