YEREVAN. – With participation in a protest action against cumulative pension system, Prosperous Armenia (PA) is trying to some extent to enforce its positions in the opposition field, political analyst Sergey Minasyan said.

Minasyan, deputy director of Caucasus Institute, said the party is trying not to miss the wave of protests in order to show that it is the key non-coalition political force.

“Whether they like it or not, Prosperous Armenia at the moment is the largest parliamentary opposition party in the country,” Minasyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am. The fact that PA has no representatives in the Cabinet, at the same time being represented in the parliament, makes it an opposition force.

On the other hand, analyst says, the opposition essence of PA differs from that of the Armenian National Congress.

The four non-ruling-coalition factions of the Armenian National Assembly will participate in a rally against the mandatory cumulative pension plan.

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