REFERRING THE SURVEY DATA, CANDIDATE FROM "DASHNAKTSUTIUN" SAYS THAT HE WILL ENTER THE SECOND ROUND OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN ARMENIA

Mediamax
December 24, 2007

Yerevan /Mediamax/. Candidate for the position of the President,
member of the Bureau of "Dashnaktsutiun" party Vahan Hovhannissian
will participate in the upcoming presidential elections of February
19 of 2008 with the motto "Your old friend".

Mediamax reports that, speaking at a news conference in Yerevan today,
he stated that he "commits himself to securing the realization of
social reforms in conditions of political stability".

Vahan Hovhannissian stated that he is going to present to his allies
an agreement on cooperation. According to him, "their number in the
country may reach 400 thousands, and each of them will receive a
cooperation card". The candidate for the position of the President
reminded that 200 thousand citizens of Armenia participated in the
primary, organized by "Dashnaktsutiun".

Vahan Hovhannissian expressed belief that the results of the
presidential elections are not predetermined. "Sociological polls
in the present conditions in Armenia may not present the real moods
of the electorate, since many respondents do not reveal their real
preferences", Hovhannissian stated.

"The results of the polls, held on the order of our party for
administrative use, show that I have great chances to occupy the
second place in the first round of elections and enter the second
round", he noted, not mentioning at that the name of his main rival.