An-Nahar, Lebanon
May 25 2005

Translated from Arabic exclusively for Armenian News Network by Katia
M. Peltekian

A Tashnak Delegation visits Solange Jumeyel

Mrs. Solange Basheer Jumeyel met with a Tashnak delegation headed by
Hagop Pakradouni, vice-president of the Party and a candidate for a
parliamentary seat in Al-Metn, Mardig Boghossian, member of the
Central Committee of the Party, and Baruyr Arsen, director of the
Party’s parliamentary office.

Pakradouni congratulated Mrs. Jumeyel for winning the Maronite seat
in Ashrafieh uncontested and then informed her of the Party’s
decision to nominate him for the Armenian Apostolic seat in the
Al-Metn district to replace Sebouh Hovnanian.

Mrs. Jumeyel confirmed that the election law of 2000 was drawn
according to the conditions at the time that imposed on Lebanon
certain electoral combinations. She also stated that the current
electoral law will be amended as soon as the elections are over…