YEREVAN, JUNE 8, NOYAN TAPAN. The wrong decisions of the Armenian National Congress resulted in a very low turnout of civil society in Yerevan Council of Elders elections. Armen Martirosian, the head of the Zharangutiun (Heritage) party parliamentary faction, expressed such an opinion at the June 5 press conference. In his words, a great part of electorate would go to ballot if another opposition candidate were also nominated besides Levon Ter-Petrosian. According to Zharangutiun faction member Zaruhi Postanjian, personally she was against the ANC list, as "obsolete people" were presented on it. According to the deputy, new, young figures should have been included in that list. And now, according to Z. Postanjian, if ANC wants to stay in the sphere as a political structure, it should draw conclusions from its own mistakes. "We saw in fact that ANC is not a fully-fledged opposition force and does not enjoy people's confidence," she said. According to Z. Postanjian, society expects "everyday work" from ANC "and not activation from one event to another." She gave the example that Zharangutiun members are constantly and always with the people. "We were also with the people on March 1, while it was them who were obliged to do it. Levon Ter-Petrosian irrespective of the fact that he was under arrest should have come and been with the people," Z. Postanjian said.

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