24 PARTIES AND ONE PRE-ELECTORAL BLOC SUBMIT NECESSARY DOCUMENTS TO RA CEC BY SPECIFIED DATE

Noyan Tapan
Mar 28 2007

YEREVAN, MARCH 28, NOYAN TAPAN. Out of 28 political forces proposed
by the proportional electoral system for the parliamentary elections
on May 12, 24 parties and one pre-electoral bloc have submitted the
documents necessary for registration to the RA Central Electoral
Commission (CEC) by the specified date – March 28, 6 pm. Three
parties – the United Progressive Communist Party of Armenia (head –
Vazgen Safarian), the Liberal Progressive Party of Armenia (Hovhannes
Hovhannisian) and the "Armenian Fatherland" Party (Arshak Baklachian)
have not presented the necessary documents by the specified date. The
CEC Secretary Hamlet Abrahamian stated this at the sitting later
on the same day, when presenting the following political forces in
alphabetical order.

The National Democratic Party (the party chairman Shavarsh Kocharian
heads the electoral list.)

The "National Concord" Party (Aram Harutyunian)

The "National Unity" Party (Artashes Geghamian)

The "Prosperous Armenia" Party (Gagik Tsarukian)

The "Dashink" ("Alliance") Party (Samvel Babayan)

The "Zharangutyun" ("Heritage") Party (founder Raffi Hovhannisian)

People’s Party (Tigran Karapetian)

The "Democratic Way" Party (Manuk Gasparian)

The "Impeachment" bloc (Nicol Pashinian)

The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Dashnaktsutyun (Vahan
Hovhannisian)

The Progressive Party of Armenia (Tigran Urikhanian)

The Democratic Party of Armenia (Aram G. Sargsian)

The Youth Party of Armenia (Sargis Asatrian)

People’s Party of Armenia (Stepan Demirchian)

The Communist Party of Armenia (Ruben Tovmasian)

The Republican Party of Armenia (after the death of the party chairman
Andranik Margarian, in all likelihood the proportional list will be
headed by Serge Sargsian, RPA Board chairman who is in second place
of the list).

The Marxist Party of Armenia (Davit Hakobian)

The "Armenian National Movement" Party (Ararat Zurabian)

The "Republic" Party (Aram Z. Sargsian)

The United Labor Party (Gurgen Arsenian)

The United National Liberal Party (Levon Martirosian)

The "New Times" Party (Aram Karapetian)

The Social-Democratic Hnchak Party (Lyudmila Sargsian)

The Christian-Democratic Rebirth Party (Mkrtich Gimishian)

The "Orinats Yerkir" Party (Artur Baghdasarian)

Out of 173 candidates for deputacy nominated by the NA majoritarian
electoral system at 41 electoral districts, 141 candidates submitted
documents necessary for registration at the respective district
electoral commissions by the specified date. The registration of
candidates for deputacy by the NA proportional and majoritarian
electoral systems will be done from April 2 to April 7, 6 pm.

By the way, the RA CEC Chairman Garegin Azarian said that member of
the "Orinats Yerkir" Party Sona Sargsian participated for the first
time in the commission’s sitting. She replaced Artashes Avoyan, who
has been nominated by the proportional electoral system by the party.