The opposition Heritage party is not going to hold campaign meetings on April 24, the Armenian Genocide commemoration day, party’s leader Raffi Hovannissian said.
“We will march from the Freedom Square to Genocide Memorial in Tsitsernakaberd and be part of our people,” Hovannissian told a press conference in Yerevan.
Parliamentary elections are due in Armenia on May 6 featuring 8 political parties (Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), Prosperous Armenia, ARF Dashnaktsutyun (ARFD), Orinats Yerkir, Heritage, Democratic Party of Armenia (DPA), Communist Party of Armenia and United Armenian party, as well as one election bloc represented by opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC).
On the threshold of elections, Heritage merged with Free Democrats opposition party, the representatives of which were included in the Heritage candidates list. The list is topped by the leader of Heritage party Raffi Hovannisian, Free Democrats party head Khachatur Kokobelyan and MP Zaruhi Postanjyan (Heritage).
