Reports circulating in the press that various government departments and provincial authorities have been using their administrative resources to promote this or that political party in the run-up to April’s parliamentary election has angered Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan.

At the start of today’s cabinet session, Karapetyan is reported to have said: “We are entering the pre-election stage, all are warned that such services will not be tolerated regardless of which political party’s interests are promoted.”