New Force Party nominates party leader Hayk Marutyan as its candidate  for prime minister

ArmInfo. The New Force Party, led by former Yerevan Mayor Hayk Marutyan, will participate in the parliamentary elections scheduled for June 7. This was announced at a party event on March 21 by party representative Grigor Yeritsyan.

He noted that the party's leader, Hayk Marutyan, is the party's  candidate for prime minister. At the meeting, it was noted that the  party is offering a multi-point campaign program. Some of these  points may overlap with those of other political forces, but there  are also differences. The first point of the program is the  Europeanization of Armenia and its recognition as a priority.  Armenia's development is only possible with the application of  European standards, which includes an independent judiciary, human  rights, and fair competition. The country's accession to the EU is  the only alternative. The second point of the program, the speaker  continued, is a complete ban on gambling and casinos. A rather  dangerous trend is being observed in this area in the country,  demonstrating the destruction of drugs and gambling addiction. The  third point of the program concerns demographics. If elected, the  party also intends to give new impetus to social housing  construction, and in this context, plans to significantly improve the  already deteriorating housing stock. The fifth point is easing the  tax burden. Under this point, it is proposed to reduce the turnover  tax to 5% and increase the tax threshold to 200 million drams.  Another point is to introduce free education in higher education  institutions across the country. Undergraduate programs will be  completely free, and graduate programs will be supported by the  state. It is also proposed to fully cover the tuition of Armenian  students at the world's best universities.

For his part, Prime Ministerial candidate Hayk Marutyan noted that  the country is experiencing a fateful period in its history.  According to him, catastrophic events have occurred in Armenia since  2021. In 2018, when the Velvet Revolution took place, no one could  have imagined the consequences it would lead to. As Marutyan noted,  one can talk at length about the mistakes of the past, but today it  is necessary to focus on the future, and in that future, the Armenian  people expect victory, and this will happen as early as June 7.   Today, the Armenian people face serious problems. Numerous parties in  the political arena offer their own solutions. Some, for example,  claim to have brought peace to the people, but upon a brief analysis  of their actions, one begins to realize that they are serving the  interests of Azerbaijan. Those who brought this "peace" have  forgotten that they brought wars, defeats, and humiliation. Against  this backdrop, why should the other side start a war if all its  demands are meekly met in Armenia? "A declared peace is not peace; it  is the absence of war," Hayk Marutyan concluded.