BY ONE CANDIDATE FOR DEPUTACY BY MAJORITARIAN ELECTORAL SYSTEM NOMINATED AT 5 ELECTORAL DISTRICTS

Noyan Tapan
Mar 06 2007

YEREVAN, MARCH 6, NOYAN TAPAN. 173 candidates, including 9 women,
have been nominated at 41 electoral districts by the majoritarian
electoral system for the parliamentary elections to be held on
May 12. One third of the nominated candidates are deputies of the
parliaments of the current and previous convocations. Out of the acting
deputies, 43 have been nominated by majoritarian system, including 19
ones from the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), 4 – from "Orinats
Yerkir" Party, two – from "Prosperous Armenia" Party, two – from
"Democratic Way" Party, and one from each of the following parties –
ARF, People’s Party of Armenia, National Democratic Party, while 13
candidates have been nominated on citizens’ initiative. The largest
number of candidates – 10 have been nominated at electoral district
No 4 of Yerevan’s Arabkir community and at electoral district No 31
that includes the cities of Alaverdi and Vanadzor of Lori marz. Most
of candidates nominated at electoral district No 4 are party members,
including leader of the NA ARF faction Hrayr Karapetian, member of
the Armenian All-National Movement, deputy of the 1st convocation
NA Aram Manukian, deputy chairman of "National Unity" Party Sargis
Muradkhanian, member of "Orinats Yerkir" Party, former head of the NA
juridical service Suren Mamikonian, and member of "Prosperous Armenia"
Party, chairman of Hayrapetian Eghbayrner CJSC, co-owner of the trade
center "Hayastan" Hayrapet Hayrapetian. By one candidate has been
nominated at 5 electoral districts: No 7, 20, 27, 28 and 32. Samvel
Alexanian, businessman, NA deputy, nonpartisan, has been nominated on
citizens’ initiative at electoral district No 7 that includes Yerevan’s
Malatia-Sebastia and Ajapniak communities. Hrant Grigorian, NA deputy,
RPA member, nephew of RA deputy defence minister Manvel Grigorian, has
been nominated by the RPA at electoral district No 20 of Armavir marz.

Deputy minister of agriculture Surik Poghosian has been nominated at
electoral district No 32 of Lori marz. He is the son-in-law of Karen
Karapetian, head of the NA deputy group "National Deputy". By the way,
H. Grigorian and S. Alexanian were also elected as deputies without
rivals at the 2003 elections. Melik Manukian, businessman, NA deputy,
and Gagik Tsarukian, businessman, NA deputy, chairman of "Prosperous
Armenia" Party (PAP) and chairman of the National Olympic Committee
of Armenia, have been nominated by PAP at electoral districts No 27
and 28 respectively.