VAZGEN MANUKIAN’S TEAM UNDERGOES FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES, HEAD OF THE PRE-ELECTION HEADQUARTERS ADMITTED

Mediamax
January 10, 2008

Yerevan /Mediamax/. The team of the candidate for the position of
the Armenian President, Leader of the National-Democratic Union (NDU)
Vazgen Manukian has 21 regional pre-election headquarters at present,
"which is not at all sufficient for organization of a full election
campaign".

Mediamax reports that the Head of the central pre-election headquarter
of Manukian Samvel Shahinian said this in Yerevan today.

He informed that in the nearest future it is planned to increase
the number of regional pre-election headquarters. At that, Shahinian
admitted that Vazgen Manukian’s team undergoes financial difficulties,
and will hardly use chargeable TV broadcasting time during the
pre-election campaign.

According to him, the Leader of NDU enjoys the support of businessmen,
some of whom are afraid of persecution from the tax bodies.

In the nearest future, Vazgen Manukian’s pre-election program will be
published, which will be "considerably different from the electoral
platforms of other candidates for the position of the President",
Samvel Shahinian stated. The pre-election motto of the NDU Leader
will be defined next week.