ArmInfo. Armenian Rebirth has not discussed yet the possibility of forming coalition with "Prosperous Armenia" in Council of Elders of Vanadzor, Press Secretary of Orinats Yerkir Faction Mher Shahgeldyan stated.
The politician thinks that the party has managed to reach success in the local elections, particularly in Vanadzor. "These elections have become litmus paper on the threshold of parliamentary elections of 2017", he noted.
Shahgeldyan also noted that during the elections in Gyumri he personally was a witness of numerous law infringements. "There were people who have arrived from Artik and participated in the elections of Elders' Council of Gyumri, such mechanisms as carousel voting and bribes were used", he noted. At the same time the MP stressed that all the abovementioned violations will be registered and possibly recalculation of results will be done.
To note, by the preliminary data, candidates from the RPA obtained the biggest number of votes in both Gyumri and Vanadzor. In Gyumri, the incumbent mayor Samvel Balasanyan received 34.64% of votes. The candidates nominated by the following political forces rank next: Prosperous Armenia - 21.7%, Armenian Rebirth - 10.62%, GALA - 10.49%, Solidarity - 5.77%, Spirit of Gyumri - 5.74%, ARF Dashnaktsutyun - 5.36%. In Vanadzor, the RPA obtained 37.55% of votes, Prosperous Armenia - 27.54%, Armenian Rebirth - 13.27%, ARFD - 6.37%, while Solidarity, Armenian National Congress and Civil Contract failed to cross the 5% threshold.