Thursday, January 19 2017 14:41

ArmInfo. The Consolidation Party  hales Gagick  Tsaroukyan, the former Leader of Propsperous Armenia, with his intentions to participate in parliamentary  elections within the pre-electoral block, the Party's statement reads.  

 "It  feels like two different poles will act at the oppositional  field, and those could  consolidate large electorate," the authors  state. 

The statement reads also, that during the meeting held between Vardan  Oskanyan, the Consolidation party leader and  former Defense Minister   Seyran Ohanyan  the electoral cooperation issues were discussed. At  that, the parties stated the necessity of participation in pre  electoral block.  'The block comprising  the Consolidation, Third  Republic and Armenian Democratic Party will be expanded, of course.  It will include both political powers and civil society  representatives," party members stated.   

The members of political block mentioned  think also that the  elections term assigned for April 2 contradicts to the Constitution  of the country. "  The problem is not the date of elections, but the  fact that the most important p[olitical process will have no legal  basis. Besides, On April 2016 the April War started, and this  issue  could be accepted with some moral gradient," the statement reads. 

To remind,  Viktor Dallakyan's Third Republic Party, Vartan  Oskanian's Solidarity Party and Aram Sargsyan's Democratic Party have  officially consolidated in a joint  bloc headed by ex-defense  minister of Armenia Seyran Ohanyan.    The joint statement of these  forces reads, "Realizing the challenges  faced by Armenia and Artsakh  and the fact that the large-scale  corruption, monopolization of the  economy, low efficiency of the  state structures are the main reasons  of the setback, large-scale  migration and low social standards, and  the need for sooner  settlement of these problems, Third Republic,  Solidarity and Democratic Party of Armenia state their intention to  run in the  parliamentary elections in 2017 as a single bloc." The  parties say  that they are ready to quit the narrow-party programs  for the sake of  common interests. They also state that they have  specific programs  and a schedule to take the country out of the  current situation. The statement stresses that the parties realize  the need for power of new  quality in Armenia.