SUPPORTERS OF VAZGEN MANUKYAN AND LEVON TER-PETROSYAN ARE UNANIMOUS-THERE WILL BE A SINGLE BALLOT AT THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN ARMENIA

arminfo
2008-01-16 16:30:00

ArmInfo. There will be a single ballot at the presidential election
in Armenia on February 19, the representative of the presidential
contender, ex-president Levon Ter-Petrosyan-Aram Manukyan and
the representative of the presidential candidate, Leader of the
National-Democratic Union Vazgen Manukyan-Arshak Sadoyan said at a
dispute, Wednesday.

However, the participants of the dispute explained their viewpoints
from diametrically opposite positions. Thus, according to the member
of the former ruling party in Armenia-Armenian Pan-National Movement
(APNM) Aram Manukyan, Levon Ter-Petrosyan will get a confident
victory in the first round already, as his rating grows day-by-day,
and the number of the political forces uniting round his candidature
increases. When a strong coalition is formed round an opposition
candidate, the possibility of falsifications sharply decreases,
and they "blow" the falsifiers themselves, Aram Manukyan said.

For his part, Leader of "Alliance of National Democrats" Arshak Sadoyan
said, naturally, Vazgen Manukyan’s supporters will do their best for
his victory, but most probably, the election results will be "drawn"
in favor of the Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan. "The representatives
of Ter-Petrosyan participate in the election and use it to free them
from blame for the recent past, but they don’t understand that they
are used, and after being used they will be thrown away like an old
glove. There will be no second round, and it is necessary to set the
falsifications right not by constitutional but by revolutionary way",
Arshak Sadoyan said.

Speaking about the second round (if it takes place after all, which is
unlikely according to the two participants of the debate) Aram Manukyan
emphasized he thinks it incredible that Levon Ter-Petrosyan doesn’t
participate in it. "Even if we accept that Levon Ter-Petrosyan doesn’t
make it to the second round of the election we’ll support any candidate
from the opposition, including Vazgen Manukyan", Aram Manukyan said.