CANDIDATE FOR THE POSITION OF THE PRESIDENT ARAM HARUTIUNIAN CONDEMNED THE "PRE-TIME START OF ELECTORAL CAMPAIGNS"

Mediamax
December 11, 2007

Yerevan /Mediamax/. Candidate for the position of the President,
Leader of "National Unification" party Aram Harutiunian described
the pre-election race in Armenia as a "no-rules fighting".

Mediamax reports that, speaking in the Yerevan "Friday" press club
today, he expressed concern in connection with the "pre-time start
of electoral campaigns, in which there are unacceptable, sometimes
amoral techniques present". Among the latter, Harutiunian noted the
distribution on the order of the first President of the disk with
the record of the October 27 of 1999 terrorist act in the Armenian
parliament hall, as well as the reciprocal offends among the potential
candidates form the position of the President.

Leader of "National Unification" stated that he will be participating
in the elections with the mottos "In the name of eternal Armenia" and
"Time for national consent". "I am getting nominated for the position
of the President to soften the confrontation between the authorities
and the opposition", Harutiunian stated. He noted that he intends to
send proxies to all the polling stations and control the legitimate
nature of the elections.

49-year-old politician stressed that the Karabakh problem should not
be an object of political speculations, and all the forces in the
country should demonstrate consensus in this issue. According to him,
this approach is dictated by the interests of the statehood.

Aram Harutiunian is getting nominated for the position of the
President for the second time. During the presidential elections of
2003, he occupied the next to the last place, gaining less than 1%
of electors’ votes.