PanARMENIAN.Net
`Heritage’ Party overpassed 5-percent barrier, party considers
that result understated
13.05.2007 13:32 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ According to preliminary information, opposition
`Heritage’ Party (leader is ex-Foreign Minister of Armenia Raffi
Hovhannisyan) has overpassed the 5-percent barrier at the
parliamentary elections in Armenia.
Meanwhile party representatives think that the 5-percent result is
understated, coordinator of party’s campaign headquarters Hovsep
Khurshudyan stated. `These results do not reflect the real outcome of
voting anyhow,’ he stated. Coordinator underlined the party waits for
the final results of the election. However the matter is not about 5
or 10 percents. We hope to get much higher result,’ Khurshudyan said.
Sunday morning Khurshudyan stated to journalists `Heritage’ does not
agree with the published interim results of the CEC, according to
which the party was on 12th place. He underlined, protocols that the
party has from the polling stations allows to assert that `Heritage’
occupies 1-2nd place in Yerevan and 3-4th place in regions,
`Novosti-Armenia’ reports.
Republican Party of Armenia, `Prosperous Armenia’ Party, ARF
Dashnaktsutyun and opposition `Orinats Yerkir’ overpassed the
5-percent barrier. Besides, United Labor Party and National Unity have
chances to overpass the 5-percent barrier.