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 Wednesday, June 17 2026 13:38
Aline Grigoryan

Heritage calls on Armenia`s opposition to present united front and  prevent Armenian government from taking further steps to surrender  homeland

Heritage calls on Armenia`s opposition to present united front and  prevent Armenian government from taking further steps to surrender  homeland

ArmInfo. The Heritage Party called on opposition forces concerned about the country's future to form a common agenda and a united front in the fight against the government in order to prevent further steps to surrender the homeland. This was stated in a statement released by the party's leader, Raffi  Hovhannisyan, on his Facebook page.

The political party expressed its conviction that the regular  parliamentary elections held on June 7, 2026, not only failed to  resolve, but also further exacerbated and aggravated the internal  societal and domestic political crisis, which was caused by  anti-state and anti-Armenian activities, and sometimes even the  inaction of the ruling political entity in recent years. In this  regard, the Heritage Party recalled that the electoral processes took  place under conditions of unequal competition, blatant abuse of state  resources, and biased attitudes on the part of the law enforcement  system, which had a significant impact on the free expression of  citizens' will.

"The figures and percentages expressed in the final protocol  published by the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) are problematic,  do not correspond to the already-infringed will of Armenian citizens,  do not correspond to the principles of democracy, and provide grounds  for legal challenge. From now on, the ruling political entity lacks  legitimate support. Even the figures and percentages they have drawn  up show that 50 percent or more of the Republic's citizens do not  support their political program and agenda," the political force  asserts.

The party also noted that this same analysis of the circumstances  shows that not all opposition leaders and teams involved in the  electoral process demonstrated a state-oriented approach. It notes  that the opposition failed to formulate and present to Armenian  citizens a political alternative that encompasses all segments of  society. "Considering the above, we propose that all forces concerned  about the country's future, which is under threat, and the leaders of  the anti-seizure and constitutional struggles formulate a common  agenda and a united front in the fight against the authorities, to  prevent them from committing another act of surrendering the  Motherland," the party concluded.

As a reminder, regular parliamentary elections were held in Armenia  on June 7, 2026. On June 14, Central Election Commission Chairman  Vahagn Hovakimyan presented the final results of the parliamentary  elections. According to him, the Civil Contract Party won seats in  the Armenian parliament with 49.7456% of the vote, Samvel  Karapetyan's Strong Armenia bloc won 23.2710%, and second president  Robert Kocharyan's Armenia bloc won 9.9231%. Gagik Tsarukyan's  Prosperous Armenia Party failed to pass the 4% parliamentary  threshold following a recount, receiving only 3.9893%.

Tsarukyan's party failed to pass the threshold after the Central  Election Commission annulled the results of three polling stations  where Tsarukyan's party received more than 200 votes. Thus, according  to Hovakimyan, the mandates were distributed as follows: Pashinyan's  party received 64 mandates, securing a constitutional majority of 3/5  in parliament. Karpetyan's bloc received 29 mandates, and Kocharyan's  bloc received 12 mandates. Thus, the Civil Contract party has a 3/5  majority, which allows it to pass constitutional laws and make  appointments, but it lacks the 2/3 majority necessary to directly  amend the Armenian Constitution.  

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