Kocharyan reaffirms plan to join snap elections ‘if they are held’  

Former President Robert Kocharyan on Thursday reiterated his willingness to run for possible snap elections, insisting on the repeatedly voiced demand for the incumbent prime minister’s resignation, TASS.ru reports.

“I will run for snap elections if they are held. I think I am experienced enough. Am I sure about my victory? I haven’t been defeated in any election anyway,” he said at a news conference with the Russian media in Yerevan.

Kocharyan also cited the constitutional clause allowing for snap parliamentary elections “only after a failure to elect the incumbent premier twice consecutively”.