ArmInfo. In our country people do not divide into "black" and "white", there are no my and your notions, you can not put people on different sides of the barricades, on behalf of the people only the people have the right to speak, by election. The candidate for Mayor of Yerevan Naira Zohrabyan stated this on September 4, referring to the recent statement of the candidate for mayors from the block "My step" Hayk Marutyan who stated that everyone who chooses him is "white and the rest are black".
The deputy noted that the candidate from the block "My step" Hayk Marutyan subsequently apologized and noted that he incorrectly expressed his idea. "We heard the statements" Against us there is no game "and" Who is not with us, that is against us "in the 1990s, and it was precisely such approaches that put the country in a deadlock.But with the fact that Marutyan has no experience in politics, I propose to be lenient towards him, "Zohrabyan said.
It should be noted that on the second of September during the election campaign to the Council of Elders of Yerevan, the candidate from My Step, headed by the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, comedian Hayk Marutyan said that there are no games against their team and those who they will not be chosen, they are "black". For this statement, Marutyan was severely criticized in social networks. Marutyan's opponents for the post of the head of Yerevan also subjected him to harsh criticism. It should be reminded that former Minister of Defense Vigen Sargsyan reacted to this statement yesterday. Sargsyan noted that by such a statement Marutyan demonstrated his political inconsistency. Ex-Minister of Defense stressed that no one has the right to divide the Yerevan citizens into "blacks" and "whites". Sargsyan said that such conduct is offensive, not only for other participants of the election campaign, but for the entire public, including those who for one reason or another wanted to vote for Marutyan. Moreover, according to the ex-defense minister, such a statement is also a serious problem in terms of spreading democratic values in our country, strengthening institutions and holding free elections. In conclusion, Sargsyan said that a self-respecting candidate, in a similar situation, would see only one way out - to present a self-challenge.
Today de PM Nikol Pashinyan is the leader of the Marutyan team, said that his words were rather a misunderstanding.