CRU WILL REMAIN EITHER WITHOUT KHACHATRYAN OR WITHOUT BABOUKHANYAN

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[07:09 pm] 18 September, 2006

The situation created in Constitutional Right Union was not cleared
even after the conference. Moreover, although the conference
reconfirmed Hrant Khachatryan in the post of the president of the
party, and Hayk Baboukhanyan in the post of the vice president,
the passions have not cooled down, and today Hrant Khachatryan made
an ultimatum.

"In order to heal the party Hayk Baboukhanyan has to resign from
the post of the vice president of the party for three months", Hrant
Khachatryan told a news conference rendered today. Let us remind you
that according to the results of the Saturday voting Hrant Khachatryan
was elected president of the party with 184 votes. Hayk Baboukhanyan
was elected vice president with 203 votes; on the day of the elections
he withdrew his candidacy for the post of the president.

We asked Hrant Khachatryan is he is convinced that Hayk Baboukhanyan
would not gather more votes if he did not withdraw his candidacy. He
answered that it was the plan of the overturn – that he would remain
president, and Baboukhanyan would remain vice president.

According to Hrant Khachatryan, the party is facing the danger
of losing its independence and the only way out is to bring Hayk
Baboukhanyan back from the wrong path. And the "wrong path" is the
financial abuse of about 1.6 million AMD, and "the debt of 3 or 6
million AMD" where Hrant Khachatryan sees no criminality.

Hrant Khachatryan informed that if Hayk Baboukhanyan does not resign
until Wednesday, he will leave the political field and will take the
name "Constitutional Right Union" with him.

By the way, Hayk Baboukhanyan informed that he is not going to resign
as he was elected by the conference in order to regulate the activity
of the party.

According to Khachatryan, newspaper "Iravounq" will continue
its activity despite anything, and Baboukhanyan will remain its
editor-in-chief.