BARGAVACH HAYASTAN’S PLACARDS ARE INDEED PARTY OFFICES’ SIGNBOARDS, HAYRAPET HAYRAPETIAN SAYS

Noyan Tapan
Apr 02 2007

YEREVAN, APRIL 2, NOYAN TAPAN. Large placards with the inscription
"Bargavach Hayastan" and "Let’s Build a Prosperous Country
Together" are not advertisement boards, but signboards of party
offices. Hayrapet Hayrapetian, member of Bargavach Hayastan Party,
Chairman of Hayrapetian Brothers CJSC, stated at the April 2 press
conference. In particular, the explained the circumstance that
such a placard is fixed on the building of the department store
belonging to Hayrapetians saying that one of Bargavach Hayastan’s
territorial offices is there. H. Hayrapetian taking 41th place on
party’s proportional list who was also nominated by majoritarian
system at electoral district N 4, proposed his rivals signing a
memorandum on holding free and fair elections in that territory on
April 8, the day when the official agitation campaign starts. In his
words, he considers all nominated candidates as serious competitors
but not rivals. It is noteworthy that 10 candidates were nominated
at that electoral district involving Arabkir community, among which
are also RA MP, ARFD faction head Hrayr Karapetian and headmaster of
Arabkir sports school N 1, non-partisan Zohrab Zohrabian nominated by
RPA. H. Hayrapetian, as he mentioned himself, is not a businessman
but a lawyer. Though currently he does not work by his speciality,
he is going to maintain a candidate thesis on issues of people’s
"victimization" or becoming victims of criminal offences in Armenia.

Being the Chairman of Equestrian Sport Republican Federation,
H. Hayrapetian expressed the hope that one day the atmosphere of
kindness which is present in his "beloved kind of sport" will also
be in the home political field.