Urikhanyan`s party withdraws from  election race

ArmInfo. The Central Electoral Commission (CEC) of Armenia will hold an open meeting regarding the cancellation of the registration of the Alliance  progressive centrist party, led by Tigran Urikhanyan, for  participation in the upcoming parliamentary elections on June 7. The  CEC of Armenia reported that the meeting will be held in connection  with the political party's application to deregister its electoral  list.

Earlier, Tigran Urikhanyan, Chairman of the Alliance party, stated on  the Public Television of Armenia that all parties unable to meet the  minimum electoral threshold—yet choosing to remain in the  race—effectively secure the votes necessary for the victory of  incumbent Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his team.  "Without  misusing invested resources, time, health, nerves, and financial  funds, we are withdrawing from the race, proving that the Alliance  party is a genuine, anti-establishment opposition. We maintain our  commitment to a radical struggle and to mobilizing a popular wave if,  God forbid, they win these elections," Urikhanyan declared.