“Is it possible that the “National Unity” (NU) political party will join other forces before the upcoming parliamentary elections, especially with the “Alliance”?”
In response to this question, leader of NU Artashes Geghamyan said the following taking into consideration previous experience with Samvel Babayan.
“I repeat: as of today, NU will participate in the elections alone, however, the party is ready to cooperate with other parties of the National Assembly if those parties’ plans to get rid of the authorities coincide with our plans.”
Since the authorities have their own scenario and a total picture of what is going to happen, “168 hours” asked Artashes Geghamyan if he was sure whether NU was part of the scenario or not.
“That’s right. The authorities actually have their scenario and know which forces they are going to support so that they can find themselves once again in the National Assembly through fraud. I must say that there are some sources spreading the wrong kind of information about NU, which is making less people believe in what NU has to say. In light of that, I would like to take this opportunity and thank the authorities for organizing a “sanitary purging” and keeping NU away from the haters. NU obviously doesn’t fit in the mentioned scenario. At least they know deep down inside who the real oppositionists are. They are probably thinking that we have lost hope. On the contrary, NU is going to be much more organized and stronger in the upcoming elections than it was back in 2003. We got stronger after all the hardships we faced. The results of different surveys serve proof of that. So, I advise the authorities to do what they do and not get mixed up in making predictions,” said A. Geghamyan. “I wouldn’t want to see the people calling the authorities fortune tellers among all the other names they are called. The masters in fraud and state officials not doing their job should relax. NU will present itself in the new National Assembly with a larger number of MPs. I must say that the NU party will not be cruel to the authorities just like they are to us. The winner always treats the loser with respect and we are going to be the winners.”
L.S.