"Zhoghovurd" daily writes:
"On May 8, the pre-election campaign for the 2026 National Assembly elections will officially start in Armenia, which will continue until June 5 inclusive. According to the schedule approved by the CEC, political forces will receive the equal campaign regime defined by law from that day, from public airtime to the official start of public meetings.
As of now, most of the political forces have not yet made public the full plans for the May 8 starting day.
However, there are already the first clear indications of how the campaign will open. The ruling Communist Party led by Nikol Pashinyan will start the campaign from Syunik region. Our sources report that the CP activist will spend two days in Syunik region, they plan to be in all places, to conduct a very active "live" campaign.
We were informed that they will travel to the marz by buses again, and Nikol Pashinyan will take the "burden" of the entire campaign. The "Strong Armenia" bloc led by Samvel Karapetyan has decided to hold a big event on May 8, at 19:00, in Haghtanak Park, where Samvel Karapetyan will also make a speech, wearing a tie. The other political forces will announce today which marz or which administrative district of the capital Yerevan. will start their pre-election campaign.
According to the information of the newspaper, at the end of the campaign, the authorities also aim to hold a large rally in Republic Square.
