We will endorse Edmon Marukyan`s candidacy until June 2026 - Hovik  Aghazaryan

ArmInfo. By endorsing the candidacy of  Bright Armenia party leader Edmon Marukyan for the post of prime minister as part of the initiative to vote  no confidence in current  head of government Nikol Pashinyan, the opposition would give the  people of Armenia a chance to have the most fair elections in the  history of the Republic of Armenia in 2026. MP Hovik Aghazaryan made  this assessment today during a conversation with journalists.

"If the opposition parliamentary factions supported Edmon Marukyan's  candidacy, we could have a prime minister for a year, and based on  the results of the 2026 parliamentary elections, we would then elect  a new prime minister. That is, there would be a real opportunity to  achieve the desired goal of depriving Pashinyan of power," he said.  According to Aghazaryan, he is not abandoning his initiative and the  question remains open. Perhaps before 2026, at some "fateful stage  for the country" colleagues from the opposition will still decide to  join the initiative, he added.

"We will endorse Edmon Marukyan's candidacy until June 2026," he  said.  Aghazaryan says that he would never have supported Marukyan's  candidacy if he had been nominated by the forces formed aligned with  Robert Kocharyan and Serzh Sargsyan. In this regard, the MP assured  that he and Hakob Aslanyan are not  naive enough to believe that the  opposition would have immediately joined the initiative after  Marukyan's candidacy was nominated,. "We have a plan B as well," he  added.