MP from Prosperous Armenia Party Naira Zohrabyan responded to Heritage Party’s Deputy Chairman Ruben Hakobyan’s announcement that if the leaders of the 4 political forces will not sign the agreement of a joint structure for coordinating the elections, then they might withdraw their signature.

“We are a disciplined party and if Vardan Oskanyan signed the agreement it means he had the authorization of PAP leader Gagik Tsarukyan. If this is only an excuse for the given party to not fulfill responsibilities then I will advise not to make incomprehensible announcements. We all know the real motivation for such behavior,” Naira Zohrabyan mentioned.

Earlier Armenian News-NEWS.am had informed that, Armenian National Congress (ANC), Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP), ARF Dashnaktsutyun and Heritage Party signed an agreement on creating a joint headquarter for coordinating and controlling elections. Deputy Chairman of Republican Party of Armenia Galust Sahakyan did not sign the agreement.

To remind, during the meeting on Wednesday Deputy Chairman of Heritage Party Ruben Hakobyan made a statement. He demanded that the leaders of the political forces who agreed to join the joint election headquarter sign the agreement. Besides that he proposed to create a commission or working group which will control the work of charitable foundations which hand out bribes. Heritage threatened to leave the structure if their two demands were not fulfilled.

Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) is a political power included in the ruling coalition.

Founded by Armenian biggest businessman Gagik Tsarukyan, the party debuted in 2007 Armenian parliamentary elections, winning 29 seats in 131-seat Armenia’s National Assembly.

The proportional list of the party includes 165 names. PAP has also nominated MP candidates with the majority election system. Prosperous Armenia Party’s election campaign slogan is: “Believe, trust, demand!”

Eight political parties and one block have presented their nominations – Republican Party of Armenian, Prosperous Armenia Party, Orinats Yerkir, opposition Armenian National Congress, opposition Heritage Party, ARF Dashnaktsutyun, the Communist Party of Armenia, Democratic Party of Armenia and United Armenians Party.

For entering the National Assembly, parties must poll over 5% of votes, while blocks - over 7%.

The election campaign will be held till May 5 - the day prior to elections when campaigning is banned. The parliamentary elections will be held from 8 am to 8 pm on May 6, 2012.