13 PARTIES NOMINATED AT RA CEC FROM FEBRUARY 26 TO MARCH 2
YEREVAN, MARCH 3, NOYAN TAPAN. The process of nominating candidates
for deputacy by the proportional and majoritarian electoral systems in
the upcoming parliamentary elections will finish on March 3 at 6:00
pm. In the period of February 26 to March 2, applications for
nomination by the proportional system at the RA Central Electoral
Commission (CEC) were submitted to the following 13 parties: "National
Unity" (Chairman Artashes Geghamian), "Nor Zhamanakner" ("New Times")
(Aram Karapetian), People’s Party (Tigran Karapetian), "Bargavach
Hayastan" ("Prosperous Armenia") (Gagik Tsarukian), "Democratic Way"
(Manuk Gasparian), Democratic Party of Armenia (Aram Sargsian),
Progressive Party of Armenia (Tigran Urikhanian), Liberal Progressive
Party of Armenia (Hovahannes Hovhannisian), National Democratic Party
(Shavarsh Kocharian), Social-Democratic Hnchak Party (Lyudmila
Sargsian), United Labor Party (Gurgen Arsenian), People’s Party of
Armenia (Stepan Demirchian) and Marxist Party of Armenia (Davit
Hakobian). Besides, the alliance "Impeachement" composed of the
"Democratic Fatherland" Party and the Conservative Party was
registered at the RA CEC. Out of the main political forces represented
in the parliament, the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), ARF,
"Orinats Yerkir" and a number of extraparliamentary parties, which
announced beforehand their decision to participate in the elections,
have not been nominated so far.