CANDIDATE FOR THE POSITION OF THE PRESIDENT FROM "DASHNAKTSUTIUN" PARTY URGED TO STRUGGLE AGAINST MONOPOLY PHENOMENA IN ARMENIA

Mediamax
December 13, 2007

Yerevan /Mediamax/. Candidate for the position of the President from
"Dashnaktsutiun" party, Vice-Speaker of the National Assembly of
Armenia Vahan Hovhannissian stated that it is necessary to struggle
against monopoly phenomena in Armenia.

Mediamax reports that, speaking in the National Press Club in Yerevan
today, Vahan Hovhannissian stated that the political picture,
present after the parliamentary elections, can lead not only to
monopoly in the sphere of economy, but also to political monopoly,
which is extremely dangerous for the future of Armenia.

According to him, despite the fact that in the course of the recent
nine years, "Dashnaktsutiun" party has been closely cooperating with
the Republican Party of Armenia, all this time the given political
forces have had and still have certain discords concerning the
political and economic course, which the RPA and the country’s
government keep to.

However, the Vice-Speaker stated, we cannot disregard the fact that the
RPA represents majority in the parliament, and we will be cooperating,
irrespective of the results of the upcoming presidential elections.

At that, Vahan Hovhannissian noted that "Dashnaktsutiun" has carried
out an "inventory" of its resource, and in the nearest future "you
will make sure that our chances are more than real".

Vice-Speaker of the parliament expressed regret that the presidential
elections have inimical nature between the present and the former
authorities, since this is "a quite sad phenomenon for our country".

Vahan Hovhannissian did not reveal the details of his pre-election
platform, noting that the pre-election campaign has not yet started. At
that he stated that in the process of campaign, "real team" will be
presented to the society, which will be working in the process of
the whole election campaign.