YEREVAN. – The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) decided to “send” the ARF Dashnaktsutyun and the Orinats Yerkir (Rule of Law; RLP) Parties to the opposition. 

Opposition Democratic Motherland Party Chairman Petros Makeyan stated the aforesaid in response to Armenian News-NEWS.am’s query as to why these two parties decided not to form a coalition government with RPA.

“Now, the Republican Party has no need to form a coalition. They have made the right political decision by pushing their partners toward the oppositional field and bearing passing percentages [of votes] in [the] 2017 [parliamentary elections] on the account of the opposition.

“If the constitutional reforms pass, [second President Robert] Kocharyan and [incumbent President] Serzh Sargsyan will have control over the entire domain,” Makeyan specifically said.

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