YEREVAN. – The forthcoming Armenian capital city Yerevan Council election is a unique chance to change the situation in the country, and the opposition’s triumph in this vote will resolve six matters. Opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) bloc National Assembly (NA) Faction leader Levon Zurabyan said this during a press conference on Thursday.    

In his words, the first matter is that the opposition’s victory will substantially reduce the ruling regime’s capacity to control the political processes and, as a result, the positions of the regime will grow weaker.  

“[And] we [will] begin to live in a new country,” Zurabyan added.

According to the MP, the second matter is that the opposition’s triumph in the Yerevan election will enable to return the power to the people all through the country, and to be rid of the present-day kleptocratic regime.   

As per the ANC NA Faction leader, the third point is the need to create a system of counterbalances within the system of governance. 

“When the [Yerevan] Municipality passes into the hands of the opposition, completely different mechanisms—which regulate the power governance system—will begin to work, [and] the activities of the Municipality will be regulated by the law,” he said.

According to Levon Zurabyan, the fourth matter is that, if the opposition wins the Yerevan Council voting, corruption will reduce significantly because the authorities and the opposition will compete with one another.    

Fifth, the political battle will move to a domain of civilized competition, since the authorities and the opposition will have to speak with facts.  

“[And] the sixth point [is that], the citizens will breathe much more easily in the created system, [and] the businesses, the businessmen will be in a more liberal, [and] conducive domain,” Levon Zurabyan concluded.