Paruyr Hayrikyan announces his intention to run for president
National Self-Determination Union (NSDU) chairman Paruyr Hayrikyan is going to run for president, as he told reporters today.
“I am going to run in the elections. I can’t but participate in the election race, although I have a better idea than any other politician in Armenia about what difficulties are awaiting us after the elections. Current politicians in Armenia think that the elections will give the possibility of making radical changes in the country. But I understand that it is only a moral and political possibility. And I have an experience of working with moral and political possibilities,” said Hayrikyan.
Commenting on the chances of presidential candidates, NSDU leader noted that incumbent President Serzh Sargsyan is in a favorable position as he goes for elections with a united front.
“I will receive only 20 percent of the vote if I run in the elections independently,” he added.