ARF faction leader opens up about reasons behind withdrawing from ruling coalition

Armen Rustamyan, head of the ARF faction of the Armenian parliament, has presented their reasons from withdrawing from the ruling coalition memorandum with HHK – the Republican Party.

Speaking to reporters in the parliament, Rustamyan said that the memorandum couldn’t function in the force majeure situation in the country.

“In addition, in order for us to be able to be free in our decisions, in order to be able to endorse the candidate we want, who enjoys the people’s trust, we couldn’t remain bound to the provision of the coalition agreement which states that the HHK is entitled with nominating a candidate for PM. This was the reason why we refused the coalition,” he said.

Rustamyan assured that after the resolution of the political crisis everyone will see and feel that the ARF has had a great role in this.

The ARF signed a coalition deal with the Republican Party of Armenia in 2017. Amid the ongoing crisis, the ARF announced it is withdrawing from the coalition on April 25, 2018.