YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 27, NOYAN TAPAN. The Zharangutiun (Heritage) party conducts negotiations with the extra-parliamentary opposition on running for Yerevan councillor members elections unitedly. Zharangutiun faction member Anahit Bakhshian stated at the February 27 parliamentary press briefing. According to her, negotiations over opposition's common candidate continue and the results will be publicized at the end of them. Speaking about the events dedicated to the memory of the March 1 victims, faction head Armen Martirosian said that Zharangutiun deputies, party Board members, and many other party members will take part in the March 1 rally. A. Bakhshian added that if the authorities have proper political will, they will also take part in that rally dedicated to victims' memory. Faction member Larisa Alaverdian named slander RPA faction member Sukias Avetisian's statement that allegedly considering President Serzh Sargsyan illegitimate, Zharangutiun deputies "run to him" with various requests when necessary. According to her, especially during the last parliamentary four-day session RPA members' conduct to the parliamentary opposition was "impolite and non-civilized." According to the Zharangutiun representative, such an aggressive conduct by the pro-governmental forces is the result of their sense of fault.

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