ARMENIAN COURT OVERRULES REGISTRATION OF TWO ARMENIAN CANDIDATES

Public Television of Armenia, Yerevan
10 Apr 07

An Armavir court today ruled to void the decision, according to which
former MP Hakob Rafik Hakobyan and Susanna Harutyunyan, who is not a
member of any party, had been registered as candidates for parliament
in the 19th Echmiatsin constituency. Another candidate from the same
constituency, an assistant to the Arabkir district head, Hakob Varsham
Hakobyan, had filed a suit against the officials. He based the suit
on the fact that former MP Hakob Hakobyan and Susanna Harutyunyan
faked the signatures of those who offered their candidacies [as
heard]. Armenpress [news agency] reported that the court investigation
showed that the signatures were fake.