VAHAN HOVHANNESIAN: I CAN RESTORE COMPETITION IN ECONOMY

Yerkir
05.02.2008 14:45

Yerevan (Yerkir) – Presidential candidate Vahan Hovhannesian, a member
of the ARF Bureau, was campaigning in Aragatsotn Region on February 5.

"Aparan is a town where the national values were always preserved. You
will listen many promises but you have to which of them are true
and which are lies," Ruzan Arakelian, a member of the ARF faction in
parliament, said. She said no sector has been ignored in Hovhannesian’s
platform.

Former member of parliament Aghasi Arshakian said that Aparan people
are not the same: part of them can be deceived, but the other part
is not easy to deceive. "Who said that Aparan people should support
the candidate of the authorities?" he asked, reacting to Nig Aparan
union’s statement endorsing the authorities’ candidate. "I am a member
of that union too but I am with Vahan because he is the most humane,
most disciplined and the most patriot," Arshakian said.

"It is an honor for me to meet with the people of the historic Nig
province, people who are known for their patriotism, have fought
the enemy and one of them was Dro," Hovhannesian said. "No one had
any doubts about patriotism then. We have missed the moment for the
rise. Do we wish to change the faulty system, or just change the
names? There is injustice in all the sectors. Our economic growth
has helped only few people; they get rich and them become members
of parliament."

He also spoke about the tax policies, saying that business people
in regions should get privileges and not pressure with taxes. "I can
restore the competition in economy," he annouinced.