YEREVAN. – Armenia was not ready for a united and long fight, opposition Heritage Party Board Vice-Chairman Armen Martirosyan stated at the party’s tenth congress on Saturday 

In his view, once the last parliamentary election was rigged, the party members were disappointed and the general opposition was divided. 

“We tried to unite the oppositional field, but couldn’t, since some of the ‘opposition’ forces started working against [Heritage’s Chairman, ex-presidential candidate, former FM] Raffi Hovannisian, even more diligently than the authorities,” Martirosyan said adding that the authorities managed to rig the most recent presidential election, too.   

In addition, Heritage’s official spoke positively about the ongoing cooperation between the four non-ruling National Assembly (NA) factions (Armenian National Congress, Prosperous Armenia, ARF Dashnaktsutyun, and Heritage), but expressed the hope that this partnership will go beyond the parliament and expand its scope of influence.