ArmInfo.Coordinator of the "Wake Up, Armenia!" Initiative Andreas Ghukasyan has established a party with which he intends to participate in the early parliamentary elections.
As Ghukasyan himself told journalists before the founding congress of the newly-established party, "Wake up, Armenia!" will be transformed into a party called "Constructive Party of Armenia". At the same time, he informed that the party's board will nominate him for the post of head. "We intend to take part in the upcoming extraordinary parliamentary elections, the Civil Contract Party has taken on a heavy burden of responsibility, and we intend to support the prime minister." I am deeply convinced that the democratic forces in the upcoming elections must act as a united front, "Gukasyan said.
To recall the activist of the "Wake up, Armenia!" movement Andreas Gukasyan was released on May 7 this year. The court changed the measure of restraint and decided to release him without delay from the courtroom. It is noteworthy that the head of the EU delegation to Armenia Piotr Svitalsky attended the court session. Ghukasyan was arrested on July 29, 2016 on charges of organizing mass riots during a protest in the Sary Takh district of Yerevan.