Alen Simonyan rules out ruling party's participation in next Armenian elections as part of a bloc

YEREVAN, May 8. /ARКА/. The Chairman of the National Assembly of Armenia Alen Simonyan has ruled out the participation of the ruling Civil Contract party in the next elections as part of a bloc. The next parliamentary elections in Armenia will be held in the summer of 2026.

"I don't think that the Civil Contract party will go to the elections as a bloc. The Civil Contract party will talk to the people in a year and will receive votes in the proportion of "50+1," Simonyan said at a press brieding on Thursday.

According to him, the Civil Contract party will most likely form a government on its own and continue the reforms that Armenia needs.

"Former presidents Robert Kocharyan and Serzh Sargsyan, as well as Artur Vanetsyan (former head of the National Security Service) and others will help us win the polls. As soon as they appear on the political field, our rating will start to grow," Simonyan claimed.

Responding to media speculation that the popularity of the Civil Contract party and its leader, Prime Minister Pashinyan, is falling, while Kocharyan's rating is growing, Simonyan said that the former president, even during his "absolute" presidential power, could never defeat his opponents, especially new ones, in the political arena.

"This is an illusion, let them have their hopes. Yes, maybe our ratings, the rating of the prime minister, my personal rating can fluctuate. In general, the rating of all current authorities who work and do not try to please anyone or engage in populism, sometimes falls, sometimes rises," Simonyan noted. -0-