SERZH SARKISIAN HAS APPLIED FOR CERTIFICATE

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[06:55 pm] 28 November, 2007

So far ten presidential nominees have applied to the Passport and Visa
Department of the RA Police to get certificates of RA citizenship over
the past ten years, among them RA Prime Minister Serzh Sarkissian,
People’s Party leader Tigran Karapetian, former president Levon
Ter-Petrossian, AMK leader Artashes Geghamian, World Boxing Champion
Israel Hakobkokhian, OYP leader Arthur Baghdasarian, NZhK leader Aram
Karapetian, Heritage Party leader Raffi Hovannissian, National Concord
Party leader Aram Harutiunian and RA citizen Vardan Parakhchian.

Only the NZhK leader was denied a certificate. The police states that
the documents submitted by Aram Karapetian do not meet Articles 65
and 72 of the RA Electoral Code. For instance, Aram Karapetian hasn’t
lived in Armenia for the past ten years.