DURING THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, "DASHNAKTSUTIUN" WILL NOT BE MAKING "CHEAP SHOTS"

Mediamax
November 30, 2007

Yerevan /Mediamax/. Vice-Speaker of the Armenian parliament,
representative of "Dashnaktsutiun" Bureau Vahan Hovhannissian stated
that the party made a decision today to participate in the presidential
elections, since it does not see determination in the leadership of
the country to secure balance between power and law.

Mediamax reports that, speaking today during the Supreme gathering
of the party, the elected candidate for the position of the Armenian
President Vahan Hovhannissian noted that "the real work is starting
just now".

According to him, "Dashnaktsutiun" implemented new culture in the
political life of Armenia: "for the first time the party, jointly
with the people, elected its candidate".

Answering the question of the journalists, Vahan Hovhannissian stated
that "the presidential elections will aggravate the discords between
the political parties, but we are not going to make cheap shots
at anyone".

However, the Vice-Speaker of the parliament stated, if someone uses
dirty methods against us in the struggle, "Dashnaktsutiun" will give
a fitting response.

At that Vahan Hovhannissian stated that the cooperation with the
Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) will continue after the presidential
elections as well, irrespective of the outcome of the latter.

"RPA is one of the leading political forces of the country, and we
cannot allow ourselves to follow the example of the Ex-President
Levon Ter-Petrosian and declare that we are ready to cooperate with
all the forces, except for the RPA, since we do not understand such
a discrimination to black and white", the Vice-Speaker stated