Monday, December 5 2016 17:06

ArmInfo. Most of the political forces have not decided yet on the format of participation in the upcoming parliamentary elections in Armenia. 

Particularly, Head of Armenian National Congress Levon Zurabyan in a  talk to ArmInfo's correspondent stated that the ANC has received a  lot of proposals related to cooperation in the upcoming parliamentary  elections, however it is not going to take rapid decisions. At the  same time he stated that cooperation between ANC and People's Party  of Armenia headed by Stepan Demirchyan is very close and most likely  will continue during April elections. At the same time he did not  wanted to answer to the question whether ANC has received proposal  for cooperation from Nikol Pashinyan's "Civil Contract" and Edmon  Marukyan's "Bright Armenia", which were expressing intention to  jointly participate in the elections. 

Member of "Unity" party Stepan Margaryan stated that the political  party intends to participate in the elections via pre-electoral bloc,  however he did not mentioned with which parties they will cooperate.  At the same time he stated that negotiations with the parties still  continue. "We stand for wide consolidation however it should be based  on ideological solidarity", he stressed. The politician rejected the  information that Unity has offered cooperation to Civil Contract and  Bright Armenia, which did not accept it. 

Head of "Alliance" Tigran Urikhanyan also stated that political  consultations were held with a lot of political forces. However,  according to him cooperation is possible with only those forces,  which have been guided by their principles, have not changed their  stands and have not acted as puppet parties. He also noted that  negotiations on cooperation were also held with Civil Contract and  Bright Armenia, however they failed. Regarding possible cooperation  with Bright Armenia Urikhanyan stated that this depends on Gagik  Tsarukyan's return to politics. 

Head of "Free Democrats" Khachatur Kokobelyan in turn stated that his  party will participate in elections by its own list, in which members  of other forces having free views and western values will also be  included. "I am sure that we will overcome 5% threshold", he  stressed. The politician also refuted information that Free Democrats  offered cooperation to Vartan Oskanian's "Unity" and Hrant  Bagratyan's "Liberty" parties, as well as to "Civil Contract" and  "Bright Armenia", however they did not expressed wish to cooperate.  "This information does not correspond to the facts", Kokobelyan said. 

To note, parliamentary elections in Armenia will be held on April 2,  2017. On December 2 "Republic", "Civil Contract" and "Bright Armenia"  stated that they reached concrete political agreement on pre-  electoral consolidation.