ANC member Myasnik Malkhasyan told the First Armenian News and Analyses that Ter-Petrosyan was the one to make his decision and he scrupulously explained all the details of his withdrawal from candidacy. It is still unclear what the ANC will decide to do in the upcoming presidential elections.
Myasnik Malkhasyan stated not presenting a candidate to the elections does not mean a complete withdrawal from the politics. As Malkhasyan stated, it was the ANC that motivated the civic society to organize which is an extremely important factor in the way towards the EU. Proposing a candidate is a secondary issue, Myasnik Malkhasyan says.
As a conclusion Myasnik Malkhasyan clarifies this is not the collapse of the ANC at least he would not prefer to state so. On the contrary this may be the beginning of a new thing and that the only big structure having left the congress is the “Republic” party. Malkhasyan stated his support for Hrant Bagratyan was quite probable but it is the decision that should be made in the political board of the ANC.