We Can Hold New Armenian Parliamentary Elections If All Mandates Are

WE CAN HOLD NEW ARMENIAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IF ALL MANDATES ARE RENOUNCED – OPPOSITION REPRESENTATIVE

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May 10, 2012 | 13:58

YEREVAN. – There are activists among the opposition bloc Armenian
National Congress (ANC) who are asking whether it is worth entering
the National Assembly (NA) for a mere seven mandates which the ANC
received in the May 6 parliamentary elections. But those engaged in
politics should not be guided by emotions. ANC representative and
former single-mandate NA MP candidate Arshak Banuchyan said this
during a press conference on Thursday.

“We, too, had great expectations [from the elections]. But what do you
solve by giving up your mandate? If we could hold new elections by way
of renouncing our mandates-and if the [Prosperous Armenia Party] PAP,
ARF [Dashnaktsutyun Party], and the others would join us-we would do
that,” Banuchyan added.

To note, Armenia’s Central Electoral Commission has issued the
preliminary results of the May 6 parliamentary elections. Five
political parties and one bloc will be represented in the 131-seat
National Assembly (Parliament) of Armenia: Republican Party of Armenia
– 44.05%, Prosperous Armenia Party – 30.20%, Armenian National Congress
– 7.10%, Heritage Party – 5.79%, ARF Dashnaktsutyun Party – 5.73%,
and Orinats Yerkir Party – 5.49%.

From: A. Papazian