AZG Armenian Daily #007, 16/01/2008
Presidential Elections
REPUBLICAN PARTY DISAPPOINTED WITH LEVON
TER-PETROSIAN’S PLATFORM AND ARE CONFIDENT IN THEIR
OWN VICTORY
Galust Sahakian, senior member of the ruling
Republican Party said at a recent press conference at
Pastark press club that his party will have around
1,500 campaign offices across the country to advertise
its chairman, RA Prime Minister Serge Sarkisian as the
best presidential candidate. Galust Sahakian added
that the majority of offices will be stationed in the
party’s regional chapters’ rooms. Galust Sahakian said
party activist will go `from street to street, from
village to village" to convey Serge Sarkisian’s
manifesto to as many voters as possible.According to
Sahakian, some 60,000 members of the party and
sympathizers from its junior coalition government
partner-the Prosperous Armenia-will be engaged in the
electioneering for the prime minister. Sahakian said
Republican members of all-level election commissions
have had extensive training courses to have improved
their knowledge. He argued that Serge Sarkisian is
very likely to receive up to 68 percent of all votes
in the February 19 presidential election. Sahakian
said chances for a run-off are very little, because
his party will be working to ensure that the prime
minister wins outright.
Sahakian emphasized the importance of holding positive
elections for Armenia, elections that will be held
properly and will end on February 19. He added that
their candidate is involved in political activities
for already 20 years and their party has performed
positive results that serve as grounds for their
political platform.
As for the political platform of Levon Ter-Petrosian,
Sahakian said that he is greatly disappointed, as this
is no program, but a part of a rally speech.
In the end, Sahakian expressed hope that in the course
of the coming decade the country will solve its main
socio-economic issues, while it will take more that
ten years for the intelligentsia to gain back the
leading position it had in the Armenian society in
early 90-ies.
By Nana Petrosian, translated by K.A.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress