ARFD TO PARTICIPATE IN ELECTIONS WITH SLOGAN "OUR OLD FRIEND IS
DASHNAKTSUTIUN"

YEREVAN, MARCH 23, NOYAN TAPAN. On the eve of the May 12 parliamentary
elections ARFD has chosen the slogan "Our Old Friend is
Dashnaktsutiun." Hrayr Karapetian, RA National Assembly ARFD faction
head, stated this at the March 23 press briefing. In his words, during
its preelection agitation ARFD will remain loyal to its traditional
strategy: it will state party’s programs, will present political
principles. ARFD will not use swearing, methods of discrediting its
rivals, but, of course, if they spread slanders about ARFD, the party
"will answer them." H. Karapetian also assured that media publications
on collecting electors’ passports by Dashnaktsutiun in Aragatsotn are
not true. In his words, they are also aware of such actions done by
some political forces, they collect facts and if they have sifficient
number of reliable facts, they will apply to the respective, including
law enforcement, bodies. H. Karapetian reaffirmed that ARFD is ready
to fight possible electoral falsifications jointly with another
political forces.