An election alliance headed by Armenia’s former president Robert Kocharian and including the Armenian Revolutionary Federation and the newly-established “Reborn Armenia” Party kicked off its campaign on Sunday with an official ceremony where a declaration was signed between the parties. The event was followed by a rally at Yerevan’s Freedom Square where thousands of supporters cheered on the alliance, which hopes to garner seats during the upcoming June snap elections in Armenia.
The political alliance held its first public event at Yerevan’s Grand Hotel, where Kocharian explained the genesis of the alliance with the ARF and the Reborn Armenia parties.
Kocharian explained that he chose the ARF because the it is the party that has fought for preserving the Armenian identity around the world.
“This is the party (the ARF), with which I have a long experience of cooperation. The ARF has been part of the government when I was president, even when a coalition was not formed. This experience had beneficial results and all of you have witnessed those results,” said Kocharian.
In discussing the newly-formed Reborn Armenia party, which was founded by a group of Syunik Province residents, Kocharian said “Syunik is at the epicenter of the threats.”
ARF Supreme Council of Armenia chairman Ishkhan Saghatelyan said that the campaign the party began six months ago must come to its victorious fruition with the removal of the current authorities.
