Politic struggle is more between different human characters, rather than parties - Ashot Manucharyan.

The current struggle on the political arena is more between different human characters, rather than parties, according to Ashot Manucharyan, a former member of the Karabakh movement.

At a news conference on Thursday, the politician divided the political figures into two groups – swindlers and honest people, noting that “the former view the country as a closed joint stock company and the letter – as a place rendering services.”

Manucharyan said he has no plans to run for parliament in such circumstances.

“I will not run for election in this situation, and I don’t want to make predicitions,” he said, adding that the processes will be the same regardless of the actors.

He noted further that the term election is very often not properly understood.

“When one goes to vote, he or she chooses a specific form of life. In that sense, we held elections in 1988. Elections today have nothing to do with the people,” he said.