YEREVAN. – Representatives of non-government Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) exchange information on election violations with all oppositional forces, including the Heritage Party. 

PAP MP, former FM, and PAP’s capital city Yerevan mayoral candidate Vartan Oskanian noted the aforesaid after having cast his ballot in Sunday’s Yerevan Council of Elders election.

“We stand ready to collaborate with any [political] force that tries to secure a fair electoral process,” Oskanian added. 

As per the mayoral candidate, the PAP representatives already have recorded several election irregularities.

“All those mechanisms have long been known and they attest to the desire to establish supremacy by an unlawful method,” he stated.     

To the query as to what he voted for in the election, Vartan Oskanian responded as follows:

“For the future of Yerevan. These elections will decide the future of our capital city and our society.”

To note, the Yerevan Council of Elders elections kicked off Sunday at 8am, and 464 precincts opened for the voting. A total of 816,457 people are included in the voters’ list.

Six political parties and one bloc are running in the vote. They are the Republican Party of Armenia, Prosperous Armenia Party, Orinats Yerkir (Rule of Law), Armenian National Congress Party (ANCP), Arakelutyun (Mission) Party , ARF Dashnaktsutyun Party, and the “Barev, [Hello] Yerevan” bloc of parties.

The participating political forces are vying for 65 Council of Elders seats. The council election is held with proportional—that is, party—lists only.