ARTASHES GEGHAMIAN PRESENTED HIS PRE-ELECTION PROGRAM AND CRITICIZED THE EX-PRESIDENT OF ARMENIA

Mediamax
January 21, 2008

Yerevan /Mediamax/. Candidate for the position of the Armenian
President, Leader of "National Unification" Party (NUP) Artashes
Geghamian presented his "Creation Program" in Yerevan today.

Mediamax reports that in his speech, Artashes Geghamian harshly
criticized the actions of the company of the Ex-President Levon
Ter-Petrosian, noting that "this person does not act in accordance
with the interests of the Armenian people".

Candidate for the position of the President expressed confidence
that the Ex-President counts on the support of external forces, in
particular, Russia. According to him, "the participation of external
forces in the electoral processes directly hits the Armenian statehood,
and only the population of Armenia is empowered to decide on the
future of its country".

Talking about his pre-election platform, Leader of NUP stated that
in he presents in it the ways for solving social-economic, cultural,
educational problems, at that bringing about detailed description of
his actions.

Artashes Geghamian stated that if he is elected for the position of
the Armenian President, he will strive to reach the formation of such
state bodies, which would have the will to establish law and order
in the country.