ARF Dashnaktsutyun (ARFD) will nominate a separate presidential candidate for 2013 elections, ARFD parliamentary group leader said.

As Armen Rustamyan told a news conference, “to ARFD, nominating a separate candidate is not an end in itself; Dashnaktsutyun is ready cooperate with the opposition in nominating a single candidate.

“ARFD would regard joining forces to nominate a single candidate as a serious victory for the opposition, signaling a new stage in the change of power.

According to Rustamyan, to consolidate opposition forces it’s necessary for the latters to acknowledge the principle of a transfer from presidential form of governance to a parliamentary one.

“A final decision as to presidential nominee will be taken at ARFD supreme body sitting,” Rustamyan said.