YEREVAN. – There are activists among the opposition bloc Armenian National Congress (ANC) who are asking whether it is worth entering the National Assembly (NA) for a mere seven mandates which the ANC received in the May 6 parliamentary elections. But those engaged in politics should not be guided by emotions. ANC representative and former single-mandate NA MP candidate Arshak Banuchyan said this during a press conference on Thursday.         

“We, too, had great expectations [from the elections]. But what do you solve by giving up your mandate? If we could hold new elections by way of renouncing our mandates—and if the [Prosperous Armenia Party] PAP, ARF [Dashnaktsutyun Party], and the others would join us—we would do that,” Banuchyan added. 

To note, Armenia’s Central Electoral Commission has issued the preliminary results of the May 6 parliamentary elections. Five political parties and one bloc will be represented in the 131-seat National Assembly (Parliament) of Armenia: Republican Party of Armenia – 44.05%, Prosperous Armenia Party – 30.20%, Armenian National Congress – 7.10%, Heritage Party – 5.79%, ARF Dashnaktsutyun Party – 5.73%, and Orinats Yerkir Party – 5.49%.

Photo by Sona Barseghyan