"ZHOGHOVRDAKAN UGHI" IS FIRST AMONG POLITICAL FORCES TO PRESENT RA CEC DOCUMENTS NECESSARY FOR REGISTRATION

Noyan Tapan
Mar 22 2007

YEREVAN, MARCH 22, NOYAN TAPAN. From 27 parties and 1 pre-electoral
block nominated by the proportional electoral system for the May 12
parliamentary elections, as of March 21, the "Zhoghovrdakan Ughi"
(Democratic Path) party headed by Manuk Gasparian presented the
RA Central Electoral Commission (CEC) documents necessary for
registration.

As Tsovinar Khachatrian, the Commission Press Secretary informed the
Noyan Tapan correspondent, the number of candidates at the beginning
involved in the party electoral list reduced by 1. The party Chairman
conditioned this change with the fact that one of the nominated
candidates, though has lived in the country for a long time, but
has no legal reasoning of constantly living in Armenia for 5 years,
what is envisaged by the Electoral Code.

To recap, the deadline for presenting documents necessary for
registration was 18:00, March 28. For registration of the electoral
list of a party or alliance, it is necessary to present the CEC within
the fixed term a receipt on paying the electoral pawn at the size of
2.5 mln drams (about 7 thousand U.S. dollars), references about the
nominated candidates’ RA citizenship during the recent 5 years and
about their constantly living in the RA during the recent 5 years
as well as property and income declaration of a citizen nominated as
a candidate.