AGREEMENT BETWEEN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE VAHAN HOVHANNISIAN AND ARMENIAN CITIZENS

Yerkir
24.12.2007 14:37

Yerevan (Yerkir) – Vahan Hovhannisian, an ARF Bureau member and
presidential candidate, signed an agreement that he is to sign with
the Armenian citizens.

Hovhannisian told a news conference today that this is another
initiative by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation and is new in the
Armenian political culture. He said 400,000 such agreements have been
printed and signing this agreement means that citizens sign under
the platform provisions of Hovhannisian.

Those provisions include free elections, social changes in stable
political conditions, social solidarity, free citizen and a fair
system in a united homeland of united Armenians. After signing it,
an individual gets a card with "I am with Vahan."

"The goal of this initiative is to find out our chances, to assess
our possibilities," Hovhannisian said.

He also spoke of the myths accompanying the pre-election period. He
said that it is a myth that the election outcome is predetermined,
adding that only the people’s votes are to determine that outcome. He
also said that the opinion polls are not reliable especially in case
of the ARF numbers.

Hovhannisian added that the other myth is that there is an agreement
between the government and the ARF according to which the ARF will
not all the way and would give its votes to another candidate.

"This is absolutely untrue, we will go all the way with an intention
to win," Hovhannisian said. He added that the ARF will cooperate with
the Republican party or some other party only after the election. As
for the pre-election period, "we can cooperate only with other parties
only in terms of conducting free and legitimate elections," he said.