Armenia Revolutionary Federation (ARF) will not join coalition with opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) in any circumstance, member of ARF bureau Vahan Hovhannsisyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

According to him, ANC and ARF have different ideologies and that is evident.

To note, ANC leader Levon Ter-Petrosyan had announced on Thursday that in ANC they are ready to cooperate with any political power except the Republican Party and Orinats Yerkir (Rule of Law).

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.