Levon Ter-Petrosyan, the First President of Armenia, and leader of the Armenian National Congress Political Party released a video message addressing the citizens of the Republic of Armenia ahead of elections, reports News.am.

“These forces have nothing to say about or do in the future of the country. Their optimistic promises and great programs are merely the veil to conceal their main intentions and deceive the people, and the real goal is to take power at any price and take revenge over adversaries by using tremendous administrative, financial, media and even criminal leverages at their disposal, overlooking clashes and the blatant threats of incitement of a civil war,” said Levon Ter-Petrosyan.

“Dear people, compatriots, our homeland is facing a fatal dilemma, that is, a choice between restoration of stability of statehood and deepening of crisis. The election campaign shows that, to date, the conflicting and extremist forces have chosen deepening of the crisis. These forces have nothing to say about or do in the future of the country. Their optimistic promises and great programs are merely the veil to conceal their main intentions and deceive the people, and the real goal is to take power at any price and take revenge over adversaries by using tremendous administrative, financial, media and even criminal leverages at their disposal, overlooking clashes and the blatant threats of incitement of a civil war.

Thus, everyone needs to understand that they lack awareness of state interest. This means that citizens who will vote for any one of those forces by will or coercively, in essence, they will participate in further deterioration of the current situation. People might ask what the way out of this situation is. There is only one way out, and that is the vote for the Armenian National Congress political party, and with this, citizens will see a principled and realistic political party in parliament that will be capable of restraining the dangerous aspirations and extreme actions of the conflicting camps.

During the election campaign, we fully played this role, and in the new parliament, we are ready to continue to play this role in order to keep the people from tragedies and tribulations in the future. I believe in the common sense of the people and their ability to make the right decision at crucial moments. This time, the people don’t have the right to make a mistake.”