Tsarukyan rules out coalition with Kocharyan

PanARMENIAN.Net - Prosperous Armenia Party leader Gagik Tsarukyan said he would not join a possible coalition with the second president, Robert Kocharyan, but did not rule out cooperation with Samvel Karapetyan.

“Yes,” Tsarukyan replied when asked whether he would refuse to cooperate with former authorities even in the event of a change of power, Armenpress reports.

Asked whether he would reconsider his stance if the opposition’s victory in parliament depended on his decision, Tsarukyan said: “If Kocharyan is to be prime minister, no. In Karapetyan’s case, we will discuss it.”

The Prosperous Armenia Party approved its electoral list for the upcoming parliamentary elections during its congress, Tsarukyan’s press secretary Iveta Tonoyan said on Facebook.

The congress confirmed the first three dozen candidates on the list, headed by party leader Gagik Tsarukyan.

The list includes the following candidates:

1. Tsarukyan Gagik
2. Tevanyan Andranik
3. Sargsyan Luiza
4. Ayvazyan Ara
5. Manukyan Armen
6. Babayan Metaksya
7. Grigoryan Martun
8. Surenyants Suren
9. Vardanyan Elinar
10. Hovhannisyan Vahe
11. Stepanyan Gevorg
12. Tonoyan Iveta
13. Melkumyan Mikael
14. Abovyan Arman
15. Arustamyan Nora
16. Rostomyan Hrachya
17. Piroyan Arman
18. Manukyan Lianna
19. Kosakyan Armen
20. Grigoryan Karen
21. Davtyan Nune
22. Bozoyan Yervand
23. Kakoyan Kamo
24. Karapetyan Satenik
25. Shakaryan Roman
26. Danielyan Stepan
27. Manukyan Aregnaz
28. Harutyunyan Mkhitar
29. Sergoyan Karen
30. Grigoryan Gayane

The parliamentary elections in Armenia are scheduled for June 7, 2026.