Armenia To Hold Presidential Election In February Next Year

ARMENIA TO HOLD PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN FEBRUARY NEXT YEAR

Xinhua General News Service
November 9, 2007 Friday 3:30 PM EST

Presidential elections in Armenia will be held on Feb. 19 next year,
the country’s Central Electoral Commission (CEC) announced on Friday.

"On the basis of the constitution, the presidential election in Armenia
will be held on Feb. 19, 2008," CEC Chairman Garegin Azarian said on
public television.

Under Armenia’s constitution, a presidential election is held 50 days
prior to the date of termination of powers of the active president. A
person cannot hold the office of president for more than two five-year
terms.

President Robert Kocharian’s second term ends in 2008. He was elected
for the first time in spring 1998 and re-elected in 2003.

As Feb. 19 is Tuesday, the authorities have declared it a day off work.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS