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ANC and ARF in same field?

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"Heritage" Party is not planning on following the example of the Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) and electing a chief of headquarters for the pre-electoral period seven months in advance. "We have to respect the laws that have been passed. The Republican Party is violating the law. What the party did is politically immoral," head of "Heritage" Party's faction Stepan Safaryan told "A1+" today.

According to him, the RPA has forgotten everything and is getting ready for elections.

"The ruling party should have done so much for the society that all it had to do was sum up governance. The party declares its candidate two years before elections, imposes coalition parties to endorse that candidate and the NA chairman resigns-this is anomalous."

Stepan Safaryan is rest assured that the authorities are getting ready for the subsequent, not snap elections.

The Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) is also getting ready for the parliamentary elections, but the party's deputy Aram Safaryan says the party has to keep silent for now. "I can't say anything about that yet."

ARF MP Armen Rustamyan agrees that parties should start getting ready for the elections. "The RPA's resources are administrative resources that the party has always used. It is currently doing everything possible to ensure the authorities' smooth reproduction. Our objective is to not allow that."

According to Rustamyan, the ARF's only resource during the upcoming elections is the political one, that is, the party's electorate. "We have to reach the point when our society wishes to prevent the authorities' reproduction and show direct participation in that process."

The ARF is currently trying to find out which forces it can collaborate with. "We are ready to collaborate with all forces to control the elections. Our objective is not just to prevent the government's reproduction, but to implement change of power and form a new government."

In this regard, Armen Rustamyan sees changes in the ANC's strategy. "The ANC is currently approaching a field that was clear for us a long time ago, that is, turn elections into a means for change of power. The time has come to demand resignation. If you don't have resources, the demands won't get you anywhere. If they come and place importance on forming a new government through legitimate elections and want to do that by demanding the government's resignation, then we are in the same field. We have serious issues with the ANC in terms of the steps to be taken after forming a new government."