YEREVAN. – The Communist Party of Armenia participates in the parliamentary elections to offer the Armenians an opportunity to vote for an alternative way for the state development, the United Communist Progressive party head, second in the election list of the Communist Party Vazgen Safaryan said at a press conference on Monday.

Asked what the next parliament will gain or lose in case the party does not enter the next parliament, Safaryan said that if the party enters next parliament, it will have a healthy ideological dialogue, if not, the party will start the marathon race to get “levers of management”.

“Armenia has become a state-consumer over the recent 20 years, while it was a state-producer during the Soviet times. Hence, we want to restore production might,” Safaryan said.

 The Communist Party of Armenia is running for the parliament jointly with the Progressive United Communist Party.

In the period of Armenia’s independence the party was presented in the parliament in 1991-2003. Ruben Tovmasyan is first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Armenia. The party’s mottos are ‘Nation wins if Communists win’ and ‘Socialism, homeland, victory.’

The party’s proportional list includes 75 names.