PAP announcements and Serzh Sargsyan’s speech to contradict one another

During his working visit to Shirak Region, Serzh Sargsyan replying to mass media representatives’ questions said he suggested PAP member Samvel Balasanyan to nominate his candidacy for Gyumri mayor.
To note, before that PAP figures and Balasanyan himself were announcing that Balasanyan is PAP’s candidate.
Turns out, that PAP announcements and Serzh Sargsyan’s speech contradict each other. Lurer.com talked to PAP spokesman Tigran Urikhanyan on this, which said that both PAP and Balasanyan himself always stated that Balasanyan is their candidate.
“Mr Balasanyan stated as we did before, that he is the PAP candidate. I think, better than a man, an individual can’t know better. As for PAP official response, let me say while nominating a candidate, especially for local self-government elections we are guided by the ability of the individual to realize productive administration, with the share of population’s support for him, confidence, approval. That’s all about this. I think, by this everything is said,” Urikhanyan said.
To the reporter’s observation, that turns out that Serzh Sargsyan said something wrong, Urikhanyan replied: “I gave the answer which I found expedient.”

Gayane Hambardzumyan