REPUBLICAN PARTY’S PRIORITY TO HAVE ‘GOOD’ ELECTION, DEPUTY CHAIRMAN SAYS

ARMENPRESS
Oct 05 2007

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 5, ARMENPRESS: A deputy chairman of the
governing Republican Party, Galust Sahakian, said today one of the
major priorities of his party is to organize ‘good" presidential
election." He warned that if the election is marred by irregularities
and fails to win the approval of international organizations Armenia
will face serious problems regardless of who is elected head of
the country.

Sahakian described the opposition’s steps as ‘absurd,’ saying
concurrently with negotiations over a single candidate opposition
parties nominate their leaders, one by one, as presidential candidates.

Sahakian predicted that political groups will become ‘more serious’
after mid-November, when his party plans its recurrent congress to
formally nominate its presidential candidate. Sahakian said his party
will not declare war at anyone because ‘it is a serious party with
a political ‘capital.’ The Republican Party, according to him,
has 2000 regional and 61 territorial offices. In a reference to
ex-president Levon Ter-Petrosian Sahakian said no one has the right
to insult statesman in general and the ex-president in particular.

"In the last analysis no person is able to achieve several great things
during his activity. Armenia is independent today and Ter-Petrosian’s
role in it is big," he said.