FORMER COMMANDER OF NKR ARMY TO BE NOMINATED BY BOTH PROPORTIONAL AND MAJORITARIAN SYSTEMS AT NA ELECTIONS

Noyan Tapan
Feb 14 2007

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 14, NOYAN TAPAN. The Dashink (Alliance) Party
will run for the parliamentary elections to be held in May by both
proportional and majoritarian systems. Andranik Tevanian, member
of Party’s Political Board, reported this at the February 14 press
conference.

In his words, the party’s proportional list will be headed by Samvel
Babayan, Dashink’s Chairman, former Commander of Nagorno Karabakh
defence army, who at the same time will be nominated by majoritarian
system at electoral district N 37 including the territory between
towns of Goris and Sisian.

In response to journalists’ question, A. Tevanian declared that the
term of S. Babayan’s RA citizenship enables him to be nominated as
a candidate for RA MP.

In A. Tevanian’s words, the Dashink Party is going to nominate its
candidates by majoritarian system in all of 41 electoral districts. But
in case of reaching the respective agreement with other opposition
political forces Dashink may support their candidates at some electoral
districts.

It was also mentioned that though Dashink will run for
the parliamentary elections independently, nevertheless,
cooperation with other forces close to them by their ideology is
not excluded. In particular, according to the agreement reached
with the Ramkavar-Azatakan Party of Armenia, Dashink will support
this party’s majoritarian candidates and instead the members of the
Ramkavar-Azatakan Party of Armenia and its co-thinkers will vote in
favor of Dashink’s proportional list.