Mother Armenia bloc to run for Gyumri elections 

ArmInfo. The current authorities of Armenia have failed both in domestic and foreign policy, they are illegitimate and must be removed from the systems of state and local  self- government. This is stated in the statement of the opposition  bloc "Mother Armenia".

The document received by ArmInfo notes that the early elections to  the Council of Elders of Gyumri can create preconditions for a  complete change of power in the Republic of Armenia.

Based on the above, the bloc "Mother Armenia", as an ideological and  radical opponent of the ruling party "Civil Contract" in the country,  will take part in the elections based on a number of principles.  First of all, the bloc decided to take part in the elections in order  to deprive the ruling party of the opportunity to form new city  authorities. At the same time, "Mother Armenia" will establish  partnership relations with all those parties or blocs that declare  that they exclude any possibility of cooperation with the ruling  political force in the pre-election, electoral and post-election  stages. "Those political forces that will try to serve the artificial  reproduction of the "State Duma" by providing shadow services cannot  have any relations with "Mother Armenia".

Those who do not have a clear position on the Civil Contract party  will be considered by us as agents of the ruling force and will be  treated accordingly. Mother Armenia seeks to form a full-fledged  government in Gyumri, but if the election results do not allow us to  independently form a city government, then our position is that the  executive power in Gyumri should be formed by the force that has  gained the largest number of votes in the opposition field. Members  of the Council of Elders of other forces that have overcome the  threshold will have to vote for the mayoral candidate from the force  that has gained the largest number of votes from the opposition,  without claiming any executive position. Cooperation between these  forces should be on the programmatic and ideological plane, and  control over the executive power should be carried out through the  institution of the Council of Elders. All forces opposing the Civil  Contract party must commit themselves not to oppose each other during  the election campaign and jointly fight against possible  falsifications in the electoral process, including at polling  stations," the statement reads.