ARMENIAN OPPOSITION COULD NOT FORM A JOINT ELECTORAL BLOCK

PanARMENIAN.Net
01.03.2007 15:37 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) approved its
electoral list, which contains 112 names.

The first three places occupy Armenian PM, RPA Chairman Andranik
Margaryan, Minister of Defense and head of RPA Political Council
Serzh Sargsyan is on the second place and RA NA Speaker and Deputy
Chairman of RPA Tigran Torosyan occupies the third place.

The People’s Party of Armenia (PPA) also has published its list. It
contains 73 names. The first 10 places include: Stepan Demirchyan,
Albert Bazeyan, Grigor Harutyunian, Stepan Zakharyan, Stepan Minasyan,
Vardan Lazarian, Artak Sargsyan.

Progressive Communist Party of Armenia (Leader-Vazgen Safaryan) will
participate in the coming parliamentary elections on proportional
and majority systems. The Liberal Progressive Party of Armenia (LPPA)
is going to take part in the elections individually. The party’s head
Hovhannes Hovhannisyan said, LPPA will participate in the elections
on proportional and majority systems.

"National Democratic Union" party (leader-Vazgen Manoukyan) will not
take part in the elections to the RA NA. The executive committee
of the party during its session decided not to participate in the
elections either on majority or proportional systems. The possibility
of participation in the lists of other parties is also excluded.

Earlier opposition declared about its intentions to form an electoral
block, which would include "National Democratic Union", Republic",
"Heritage" and "Armenian National Movement" (ANM) parties. But the
opposition could not join in a block. During its session "Republic"
party decided to take part in the elections individually and approved
its proportional list. ANM also declared about its intentions to
participate in the elections individually.