The candidate for MP from the Christian Democratic Party (CDP), Artyom Abroyan, is confident that the ruling Civil Contract party will win the upcoming parliamentary elections in Armenia, and their party will garner about 10 percent of the votes and enter parliament.

In an interview with Armenian News-NEWS.am, Abroyan noted that the CDP holds meetings with residents of Armenia’s capital city and provinces as part of their election campaign; in addition, their election program is presented on social platforms.

“We are conducting a very good campaign, we are being welcomed very well, the people are very well disposed towards us, we will enter parliament with 10 percent [of the votes]. Citizens mainly ask us questions about the previous [authorities], they ask why their issues have not been resolved. But our party should not deal with that, the current authorities should do it,” Abroyan added.

He noted that if there is a need to form a coalition, the CDP will form it with the ruling Civil Contract party.

“But if both the current authorities and we overcome the [minimum] threshold [to enter parliament], then, naturally, the parliament will be in the format that we have already presented in our program: we will work as a real opposition, we will work on all pro-Armenian programs, we also will propose very good programs. There is one very important thing: there is no need to imagine that the opposition must necessarily ‘tear up’ the authorities. We must fulfill our function for the state. If the current authorities bring a program that is good for the state, should we necessarily ‘tear up’ the program, which is what is being done in today’s parliament. We must, of course, demand accountability from the current authorities, but at the same time compete to see who will bring a better program; that is the success of the state,” added Abroyan.

To note, Levon Shirinyan is No. 1 on the electoral list of the Christian Democratic Party.

The parliamentary election campaign in Armenia began on May 8 and will continue until June 5 inclusive. Voting will take place on June 7. Sixteen parties and two blocs are participating in the elections.