ArmInfo. New Parliament and Armenian authorities are not legitimate and are not able to conduct any reforms, Armen Martirosyan, Deputy Chairman of Heritage party and the member of Ohanyan-Raffi-Oskanian bloc stated during the press-conference held in Yerevan on April 5.
"The sixth convocation Parliament is Parliament of three persons: Serzh Sargsyan, Gagik Tsaroukyan and Mikael Minasyan (son-in-law of the President and Armenian Ambassador to Vatican and Portugal- editor's notes)" he stated, adding that, according to him, Tsaroukyan bloc leader Gagik Tsaroukyan and his faction are the opposition, though the politician did not rule out the cooperation of separate lawmakers with the ruling Republican Party of Armenia. At that, Martirosyan considers Yelk as the project of Minasyan and does not rule out separated cooperation with the ruling party. "The country lives the last stage of political degradation which does not have scenario of the development: fall of the country and shift of authorities" the politician stressed.
In this context he stated that the top-priority of the political force agenda he represents remains the issue of shifting the authorities, however ORO is not going to implement post electoral protest actions. "We will continue our struggle and will not give up, also we are ready to head any movement, initiated by the nation", the politician stressed. Martirosyan noted that the transformation process has started in the bloc, not ruling out the consolidation of inclusive political forces in the Party. To note, according to CEC data ORO received 2.7% of votes.
According to the preliminary data 1/577.323 voters from 2.588.590 participated the elections. According to the data provided, the distribution of forces is: RPA- 771.247 votes or 49.12% Tsaroukyan bloc-428.965 or 27.32%, Yelk bloc 122.049 or 7.77%, ARFD 103.173 or 6.57%/ Armenian Revival- 58.277 or 3.71%, ORO-32.054 or 2.07%, Congress PPA -25.957 or 1.65 %, Free Democrats - 14.746 or 0.9%, Communist Party 11.745 or 0.75 %. The ruling Republican Party will receive 55 mandates, Tsaroukyan- 30, Yelk-9, and ARFD-7.