ACCORDING TO EDUARD SHARMAZANOV’S OBSERVATION, HOLDING OF FAIR
ELECTIONS IS FIRST OF ALL NECESSARY FOR ARMENIA’S CITIZENS

YEREVAN, JANUARY 18, NOYAN TAPAN. The first and foremost task of the
Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) is to hold legitimate, legal, fair
elections. Eduard Sharmazanov, the RPA Spokesperson, stated at the
January 18 press conference reminding to journalists the words of Prime
Minister Serge Sargsian, a candidate for presidency from RPA:
"democratic elections should become a tradition in Armenia." Fair and
transparent elections, according to E. Sharmazanov’s observation, are
important for Armenia not in the respect of pleasing Europe, but they
are first first of all necessary for Armenia’s citizens.

In response to the question of why voters should vote for S. Sargsian,
E. Sharmazanov said that the Prime Minister has been in the focus of
public-political events for already two decades, and progress was
registered in all spheres, where he worked. E. Sharmazanov stated that
late Sparapet Vagzen Sargsian had also expressed a positive opinion
about the RPA candidate saying that no one can question S. Sargsian’s
honesty and patriotism.

E. Sharmazanov refuted the news presented in media that allegedly RPA
is going to relieve RA Territorial Administration Minister Hovik
Abrahamian of the post of the head of S. Sargsian’s central
headquarters appointing another member of RPA Board, Karen Karapetian
in his place. The RPA Spokesperson named that rumor the result of
anti-propaganda.