“We” (Menk) Alliance proposes building up the Armenian army with another 20,000 contract servicemen.

Meeting with voters in Tsaghkahovit village of Armenia’s Aragatsotn Province, Republic Party leader, MP and ex-PM Aram Sargsyan, an MP candidate from the aforesaid alliance, on Tuesday stated that if they win seats in the forthcoming snap parliamentary election, they will see to it that this proposal is brought to fruition.

“Twenty-thousand contract military servicemen are quite sufficient to draw the conscript military servicemen back from the most active points on our borders,” he said. “The conscripts should not stand at the border line. (…) the [conscript] soldier should be standing behind; he should learn the military affairs so as to work during the war.”

In the MP candidate’s words, as a result of this change, the people’s employment issue will also be resolved.

The electoral list of “We” alliance—which comprises the Republic and the Free Democrats Parties—is headed by Aram Sargsyan. Next on the list are Free Democrats Party Chairman and former MP Khachatur Kokobelyan and Vice-Chairperson Anzhela Khachatryan, respectively.

Campaign season for the upcoming snap National Assembly (NA) election has gotten underway Monday in Armenia.

The campaign season will conclude on December 7, whereas December 8 is election silence day, and December 9—election day

Eleven political forces—two alliances and nine parties—are running for parliament.

As a result of this election, the NA seats will be distributed proportionally among the political forces that have passed the respective minimum thresholds: 5% for parties, and 7% for alliances.