Agreement between presidential candidate Vahan Hovhannisian and
Armenian citizens

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.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress