Anahit Bakhshyan: “I don’t conceal, I want to become a lawmaker” (video)
Yerevan Council of Elders “Barev Yerevan” faction member Anahit Bakhshyan doesn’t rule out that by the rating system she will be nominated in Kentron district. Now she cooperates with “Free Democrats” party. Today in the meeting with journalists, Mrs Bakhshyan noted why she had accepted the cooperation offer of Khachatur Kokobelyan. “In 2012 when ‘Free Democrats’ and ‘Heritage’ participated in the parliamentary elections with one list, it meant that the ideological basis, political line, principles were very close then. That line is very familiar to me. It is maintaining Armenia’s sovereignty, the vision of our legal state, future, democratic values, the model of European countries, and, of course, human rights. Those values are my own. I have accepted Mr Kokobelyan’s offer and I don’t conceal I want to become a lawmaker.” Mrs. Bakhshyan didn’t want to speak of her leaving ‘Heritage’ party, noting that the decision wasn’t made in a day. She says that there are incomprehensible clashes in that party. “The board of ‘Heritage’ has decided to participate in the elections necessarily with an alliance, and negotiations are underway with ‘Yelk’ (Way out) and Seyran Ohanyan. These are alliances obviously having opposite poles. I cannot understand how they cooperate with both.” Edgar Arakelyan, spokesperson of “Armenian renaissance” party, who was also present the press conference, added that the party, in all probability, with participate in the upcoming parliamentary elections separately, but cooperation isn’t excluded too.
