SIX CANDIDATES TO CONTINUE THEIR STRUGGLE IN ELECTORAL CONSTITUENCY 15

AZG Armenian Daily
18/08/2007

The only candidate, who refused to take part in the further electoral
campaign, is non-party Mekhak Mkhitarian, an MP of the National
Assembly of the previous convocation, according to the Chairman of
the Constituency Electoral Commission 15 Hovhannes Asatrian, Noyan
Tapan agency informs.

Thus, Khachik Manukian, a member of the Republican Party of Armenia
and a former MP, Raffi Hovhannisian, an MP of the National Assembly of
the current convocation elected by the proportional electoral system,
the Founder and President of the "Zharangutiun" (Heritage) party and
Head of the homonymic faction, Gurgen Shahinian, a member of the ARF
Dashnaktsutiun party and the Chairman of the "Stone Mine of Ashtarak"
OJSC, as well as non-party Emin Karapetian, Vahagn Petrosian, and
Mnatsakan Mnatsakanian, the Major of Talin, are pretending on the
only vacant mandate of an MP of the National Assembly.

It should be mentioned that Kh. Manukian and M. Mnatsakanian were
nominated in the May 12 parliamentarian elections as well, and
Kh. Manukian, who was elected NA MP as a result of these elections,
later refused to receive the MP mandate.