YEREVAN. – Zhoghovurd newspaper of Armenia writes: The six leaders of the opposition parties finally met on February 2. That meeting took place late in the evening, lasting 2-3 hours. Zhoghovurd daily has learned details from the meeting and the issues discussed.
First of all, let us noted that former Presidents Serzh Sargsyan, Robert Kocharyan, [as well as] Artur Vanetsyan, Vazgen Manukyan, Ishkhan Saghatelyan, and Gagik Tsarukyan were present at the meeting.
According to the Zhoghovurd daily’s information, the main topic of the meeting was again the question of whether or not to run in the [possible] snap [parliamentary] elections, and there were no global changes in that regard, as the forces remained in their opinion even after that.
The thing is that, for example, PAP leader Gagik Tsarukyan said during the meeting that, in any case, he will go to the snap elections alone, [Homeland party leader] Artur Vanetsyan is in favor of running with several [other] parties, whereas [former ruling] RPA chairman Serzh Sargsyan is against running in the snap elections if [PM] Nikol Pashinyan is [still] in power. And Dashnaktsutyun [Party’s Ishkhan Saghatelyan] and Robert Kocharyan are in favor of a joint struggle.
Let us noted that during the meeting they also spoke about the need to intensify the street battle, the rallies, and to get more active in the near future.
At the same time, [ex-PM] Vazgen Manukyan remains the joint opposition candidate [for PM], and they do not want to offend him; that is, the opposition forces have not yet reached a consensus.
