Hraparak paper says that former chief of Armenian presidential administration Karen Karapetyan has been quite passive recently in the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) and rarely visits its headquarters.

Despite this, the authorities set great hopes on him, according to the paper.

All candidates running for the parliament by majority system are expected to secure votes favouring RPA only in their relevant constituencies, the paper says, while Karapetyan has to bring votes not only from Tashir town, where he is nominated, but also the nearby settlements.