Hmayak Hovhannisyan to withdraw his candidacy in favor of Nikol Pashinyan

PanARMENIAN.Net - "In upcoming NA elections, there'll be a struggle between pro-Government figures in constituency No. 10," Head of Union of Political Scientists Hmayak Hovhannisyan told a news conference in Yerevan.



That's accounted for by Government's uncertainty as to which of candidates to support, he finds.



With regard to his own candidacy, he said he was representing Armenian National Congress (ANC) and might withdraw his candidacy only in case RA Administrative Court satisfied Nikol Pashinyan's claim on obtaining permission to run for election. In that case, Hovhannisyan promised to demand Pashinyan's release to enable him to conduct pre-election campaign on equal footing with other candidates. "If not, I will fill the gap, and advance Nikol Pashinyan's theses during my campaign."



Speaker also added that in case Administrative Court did not satisfy Pashinyan's claim he'd propose all contenders to withdraw their candidacies in support of Editor-in-Chief of "Haykakan Zhamanak".