RA DEFENSE MINISTER: I HAVE RIGHT TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT AND I WON’T ABDICATE FROM IT

PanARMENIAN.Net
27.12.2006 18:26 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian Defense Minister Serge Sargsyan considers
he is entitled to run for President. As he told the RA Public
Television, the Constitution provides him with the possibility to
become a presidential contender. "I have the right and I will not
abdicate from it," Sargsyan stated adding that the final decision on
his participation in the presidential election in 2008 he will take
after the parliamentary election in May 2007. The Minister also said
that the presidential office is not an end in itself for him and this
fact distinguishes him from the other contenders.

At the same time Serge Sargsyan voiced assurance that internal
political situation in Armenia will remain calm. In his words, the
parliamentary election will animate the political field however it
will arouse no tension.