YEREVAN. - The deputy speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia Eduard Sharmazanov believes, that the opposition Heritage party leader Raffi Hovannisian personally has not read his statement.

Talking to Armenian News-NEWS.am reporter, Sharmazanov said his statement is clear and is written in clear Armenian.

“I hope Hovannisian will be handed in the text of my statement so as to avoid unpleasant situations in the future,” Eduard Sahrmazanov added.

Earlier Armenian News-NEWS.am reported that this Monday, during his press conference, the leader of Heritage party Raffi Hovannisian, said that those who are threatening him with publishing some kind of audio recording should feel shame.

Hovannisian said he had a 1.5-hour conversation with Sargsyan. “If he deceived me, saying that we are alone, then let them make public the full version of the record,” he added.

“I told him that he was not an elected president and it was too early to celebrate the victory drinking champagne. However, I noted that he had made a great contribution to the development of Armenia. I also offered Sargsyan several political options, but he refused to accept them,” said Hovannisian who is announced to poll 36.75% of votes.

“I also raised the question of punishing ballot-riggers, Sargsyan said that he stands for punishing  those guilty of rigging the elections.”

Hovhannisian also stressed he did not need the advice of deputy speaker Edward Sharmazanov, urging him to run in the 2018 elections.

 “The power will be in the hands of the people by that time. If he’s such a cool guy, let him publish a complete record of our meeting with Serzh Sargsyan.”