The new Cabinet will be formed after elections to the Elders' Council of Yerevan, Garnik Isagoulyan, Leader of National Security Party, former advisor of the Armenian president for national security affairs, told media, Monday. He ruled out possibility of the prime minister's replacement.
He said that the Republican Party of Armenia is decisive to win the upcoming elections and has directed all its resources to achieve that goal. Isagoulyan said that the other forces running to the Elders' Council of Yerevan will just overcome the 6% threshold and receive places at the Elders' Council of Yerevan. He thinks that Heritage Party Leader Raffi Hovannisian's high rating will not have any impact on the rating of his Barev Yerevan bloc. The bloc will get approximately as many votes as Heritage Party received at the past parliamentary elections.
"If the Heritage party pursued only change of power, it should not have run to the Elders' Council. It should have supported the force having more chances for victory," he said.
Prosperous Armenia, Orinats Yerkir, the Republican Party of Armenia, the Armenian National Congress, ARFD, Mission and Barev Yerevan will run for 65 seats in Yerevan's Elders Council on May 5. The election campaign kicked off on Apr 7.