Think of the process that is happening now as the "logical" continuation of the parliamentary elections. Hayk Farmanyan, deputy of the "Strong Armenia" faction, mentioned this in a conversation with journalists today, on October 23. Turning to the fact that Arsen Gevorgyan, the candidate for the mayor of "Strong Armenia" in the local government elections in Stepanavan, and 14 other people were arrested yesterday. "The authorities, fearing to lose their positions during the respective local elections, are resorting to their old methods of detentions and arrests. The worst thing is that legal evaluations are given at once by representatives of the CP. In other words, there is still no verdict, no conclusion, no final legal document, but they already qualify it as an election bribe. In our opinion, this is nothing but political persecution. I am sure that our voters will have a more fighting spirit, more determination, and I call on everyone to go to the election on the 25th of the month and say their decisive word by voting for the representative of the "Strong Armenia" party. because ultimately it is in the interests of our people. The Karapetyan family, having the experience of developing Tashir, will also develop the city of Stepanavan, and if the representative of "Strong Armenia" wins, naturally only our country will benefit from it. I have an inner confidence that this will have the opposite effect to the detriment of the authorities, and like that famous joke, they don't know the name of another hero, only arrests, only detentions, without waiting for certain consequences. Unfortunately, in our country, detention has become a tool of punishment, or many other legal approaches, when it is possible to start a legal process without arrest. Unfortunately, this is not the case, and only with detention can we clearly state that this is a manifestation of the authorities' fears, nothing else," Farmanyan stated. It should be noted that local government elections in Stepanavan will take place on October 25. Yesterday, the Anti-Corruption Court made a decision to detain Arsen Gevorgyan, the candidate of "Strong Armenia" for the mayor of Stepanavan, for 2 months. Let us remind you that according to the Anti-Corruption Committee, 10 of the 14 persons arrested yesterday on the charges of giving electoral bribes, supporting it, as well as receiving electoral bribes within the Group, including the candidate for the mayor of Stepanavan and members of the council of elders� Arrest and house arrest were applied to 5 candidates.