The Civil Contract,  The Bright Armenia and The Republic  Parties  joined in single electoral block

ArmInfo. Parties of Civil Contract, Bright Armenia and The Republic signed a Memorandum on Joint  Political Activities, which assumes the consolidation of these parties in a single block in respect to upcoming elections. 

The memorandum particularly states, that henceforth all the political  decisions will be taken by the participants on the base of consensus,  including those of amending the alliance with other streams. The  participants did not rule out the possibility, that after elections  they will form a new party. The memorandum states also, that the  participants of the block will be aimed at building Armenia based ona  European model, with all the legal, democratic and social values,  keeping at the same time all the national habits. The participants of  the block also ensured that  in their activities they will be ruled  not  by the interests of their party, but by those of whole the  Armenian nation. 

Referring to the expectations of  the alliance in respect to upcoming  elections, the Civil Contract leader Nikol Pashinyan particularly  stated that  they expect to  get 50+1% or 50+2%  of votes. The leader  of The Republic Party, Ex-Prime Minister Aa Sargsyan stated in his  turn: " We consolidated to win, we are not afraid of prisons, we have  a good potential, our background is clear, and our team includes  experienced political leaders. I am confident that, within the  consideration of  all this, our results will be essential.  Talking  about financial resources of the block, Edmon Marukyan, the Bright  Armenia  party leader, stated that Bright Armenia and  the Civil  Contract capsulate their finances by fund raising. "Tonight a regular  fundraising will take place. I am confident that businessmen will  also support us," Marukyan said. 

And  The Republic Party leader Aram Sargsyan stated, that the  fundraising should be implemented not for funding the block. And for  filling the gaps in Armenian budget. "Today we must attract  investments to the Armenian economy, because Armenia's budget is  unable to resist any  this situation any more," Aram Sargsyan  summarized the press conference .