Ishkhan Saghatelyan calls for "broad coalitions" to challenge  Pashinyan in  2026 parliamentary elections

ArmInfo.  Several major and influential political blocs should participate in the 2026 parliamentary elections, as stated by Ishkhan Saghatelyan, a  representative of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun Supreme Body and an MP from  the opposition Armenia faction, when speaking to reporters.

He also addressed the  claim  that the involvement of  former  presidents would inadvertently help Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan  retain power,  calling it erroneous. According to him, such rhetoric  comes from the Prime Minister himself and only serves to strengthen  his position. "We are convinced that several large blocs must be  formed to provide the Armenian people with a genuine choice. No  political force has the right to restrict the participation of  others. Let the appropriate blocs form, present their programs and  teams, and let the people decide," Saghatelyan noted.

The representative of the ARF Supreme Body added that their party is  interested in forming new political forces capable of having an  influential presence in parliament. "The more such forces and blocs  are represented, the more favorable the environment for a change of  power in the country will be," the MP believes.

Saghatelyan emphasized that if a situation arises in which the  removal of the current regime from power depends on their cooperation  with other participants, they will be prepared to engage in such  interaction with genuine opposition forces. In this regard, he  reported that over the past month, negotiations have been underway  with various political forces regarding five important issues  (Saghatelyan did not list each of them - ed.). One of these issues is  the need to avoid targeting each other, given their shared goal.

"Regardless of the format of each force's participation in the  elections, there are key issues on the agenda around which  cooperation becomes vital,"  the representative of the ARF Supreme  Body noted.  ArmInfo had previously reported that the ARF  Dashnaktsutyun party will participate in the 2026 parliamentary  elections in Armenia as a bloc. Parliamentary elections in Armenia  are scheduled for June 7, 2026.