§ Article 129(untitled)

Right to nominate candidates for member of the Councils of
 Elders of Yerevan, Gyumri, Vanadzor

1. The right to nominate candidates for member of the Councils of Elders of

 Yerevan, Gyumri and Vanadzor shall be reserved to political parties and alliances

 of political parties.

 A candidate may be nominated by the electoral list of only one political party.

2. Alliances of political parties may be formed by at least 2 political parties.

 A political party may be included in the composition of only one alliance of

 political parties.

3. The political party included in an alliance of political parties may not run in

 elections on its own.

4. The decision on joining an alliance of political parties shall be adopted by the

 decision of the permanently functioning governing body of the political party.

5. The electoral list of an alliance of political parties shall be formed based on

 separate lists submitted by each political party included in the alliance.

 The electoral lists of a political party (alliance of political parties) shall be

 approved and nominated by the decision of the permanently functioning

 governing body of the political party (by the decisions of permanently functioning

 governing bodies of member political parties to the alliance). All the pages of

 electoral lists shall be sealed and signed by the competent person of the political

 party (member political parties to the alliance).

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6. Where any political party leaves the alliance of political parties, candidates of that

 political party for member of council of elders shall be removed from the

 electoral list of the alliance of political parties as prescribed by the Central

 Electoral Commission.