YEREVAN. – In all likelihood, solely the ruling coalition parties—namely, the Republican Party of Armenia and the Orinats Yerkir (Rule of Law) Party—will be on hand at the National Assembly (NA) special session, which is scheduled for April 9, and devoted to the inauguration of President Serzh Sargsyan, Zhoghovurd daily reports.       

“In an interview with Zhoghovurd, [opposition Armenian National Congress] ANC NA Faction Secretary Aram Manukyan ruled out their faction’s participation in the swearing-in ceremony. Even though the [Prosperous Armenia Party] PAP and the [opposition] ARF [Dashnaktsutyun Party] state that they have not made any [respective] decision yet, they likewise are likely to boycott the event.    

The opposition Heritage [Party NA] Faction, on the other hand, will hold on that day the inauguration of [Heritage Chairman, former FM] Raffi Hovannisian [who is declared runner-up to the winner, incumbent President Serzh Sargsyan, as a result of the presidential election that was conducted on February 18, but who claims to be the real winner in the vote and who declared a hunger strike on March 10 at capital city Yerevan’s Liberty Square] at Liberty Square,” Zhoghovurd writes.