Armenia: Opposition to Unite for Yerevan Municipal Elections?

Aiming to increase their chances for electoral success, ex-president Levon Ter-Petrosian's Armenian National Congress and the Heritage Party are exploring ways to unite against the governing Republican Party of Armenia in Yerevan's upcoming municipal elections to be held in May.

The ANC and Heritage Party resumed talks about a joint mayoral candidate after earlier failing to reach accord, Armenian news services reported on March 20. Ter-Petrosian will head the ANC's list; parliamentarian Armen Martirosian is slated to lead the Heritage Party's roster. The top candidate for the party that wins a majority of seats in the City Council will be named mayor.