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The People’s Party will be running in the May 6 parliamentary elections on its own and won’t be joining any alliance, said party leader Tigran Karapetyan at a press conference in the Armenian capital today.

“We believe that becoming an alliance is an attempt at creating a coalition, which is accepted in Armenia’s world, but the ideas don’t correspond. For them, it’s not the idea that’s important but the money, the power,” he said.

Karapetyan intends to contest a parliamentary seat under the majority system. (Recall, deputies will be elected under a mixed electoral system: 90 deputies will be elected under a proportional system in a nationwide constituency and a further 41 in single-mandate constituencies under a majoritarian system.) He will be running in the no. 17 electoral district which includes Artashat and the surrounding environs. The party will convene a congress at the end of March or early April and will decide its next steps.  Read more... (281 words)

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