"HAVE I SAID ALLIANCE? NEVER," ARTASHES

Panorama.am
17:52 15/01/2007

"Have I said alliance? Never," Artashes Geghamyan, leader of National
Unity party, told a press conference today.

Geghamyan said his party is engaging in discussions only with other
parties to contribute to democratic elections. The leader said they
may combat the elections without forming any alliance. "You mobilize
the forces and do not connect hopes with anyone," he said.

The proportional list of the party is not ready yet but Geghamyan
sees no problem with that. He said the important thing is that he
knows his co-partymen. The leader excluded that he may be nominated
on the majority list. "My colleagues think it is not expedient,"
the said also saying he may be deprived of engaging in pan-republic
activities in case of nominated in only one community. However,
he said his deputies will nominate themselves on the majority list.

Speaking about financial resource, he said they have 20-25 times less
funds that the authorities. But Geghamyan is not concerned about that,
either. "We do not have the problem of buying voices. We have only
to deal with the campaign in marzes and buy TV air," he said.

Geghamyan said small and mid sized businesses contributed to the
party funds but he did not want to disclose names. He also said the
party has 46,000 members at the moment.