SERGE SARGSIAN IS SORRY THAT RAFFI HOVHANNISIAN WILL NOT TAKE PART IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

Noyan Tapan
Dec 6, 2007

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 6, NOYAN TAPAN. The non-registration of the
candidature of Raffi Hovhannisian in the 2008 presidential elections
was a forced step.

This statement was made by Serge Sargsian, the Prime Minister of the
Republic of Armenia, in response to the questions of journalists on
December 5. According to him, if the candidature of Raffi Hovhannisian
was registered and he took part in the forthcoming elections, those,
who would receive the trifling percent of the votes in the elections,
would blame the government for having illegally registered a candidate
and would demand to invalidate the elections.

"I am really sorry that there is a legislative prohibition in
connection with the participation of Raffi Hovhannisian in the
presidential elections, as I think he could play a positive role,"
the Prime Minister declared.

According to him, in case Raffi Hovhannisian took part in the
elections, the electoral processes would pass quietly and the people,
who hoped to take the second, third and other places, could go a
step back.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress