ArmInfo. On Jan 16, Heritage Party leader Raffi Hovannisian told reporters that he had met with Seyran Ohanyan and Aram Sargsyan. He noted that the meeting covered issues related to pre-electoral cooperation.
Hovannisian did not refute the information that Heritage Party experiences discrepancies about cooperation with Seyran Ohanyan. In particular, Zaruhi Postanjyan, Styopa Safaryan and Anahit Bakhshyan consider the ex-defense minister guilty of the 1 March 2018 events that resulted in 10 fatalities. Hovannisian said that no person is faultless. He also pointed out that it would be expedient to hear to Ohanyan's position and apologies. Hovannisian noted that everyone is responsible for the March 1 events - President Sargsyan, oppositionist Pashinyan and Raffi Hovannisian himself. As regards the discrepancies inside the party, Hovannisian thinks nothing will happen if the Heritage Party members run in the election as members of different blocs - for instance, Postanjyan, Safaryan and Bakhshyan in the "Yelk" bloc of Nikol Pashinyan, Aram Sargsyan and Edmon Marukyan; and Armen Martirosyan and Hovsep Khursudyan as members of a bloc with Seyran Ohanyan. Raffi Hovannisian also confessed his fault, saying that Martirosyan, Bakhshyan and Safaryan should have received seats in Parliament under the Heritage Party list.