"Armenian Rebirth" reacts to Edmon Marukyan`s proposal to create  coalition in Vanadzor 

ArmInfo. Armenian Rebirth Party has responded to proposal made by Head of Bright Armenia party Edmon Marukyan to create a coalition in Vanadzor. 

In its statement received by ArmInfo the Armenian Rebirth Party  states that the local government elections have demonstrated that  there are political forces of local and republican influence. 

"We congratulate Bright Armenia on good results in Vanadzor, however  we have to state that the party has not registered success in any  other community. Meanwhile, Armenian Rebirth Party has stable third  place both in Vanadzor and Gyumri. Considering this the Armenian  Rebirth offers two variants of cooperation: in the first case, the  party is ready to accept Marukyan's proposal on coalition if Bright  Armenia joins the Armenian Rebirth during the upcoming parliamentary  elections, which will allow forming a more competitive political team  all over the country, in the second case, we offer Bright Armenia to  join Armenian Rebirth in Vanadzor and equally share responsibility  for political activities", the statement reads. 

Meanwhile, Prosperous Armenia party stated that it is ready to  discuss Marukyan's proposals on creating coalition. To note, Edmon  Marukyan had stated that the Bright Armenia Party proposes Prosperous  Armenia and Armenian Rebirth to make coalition and put up one  candidate for the Vanadzor's mayor. 

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.