ANOTHER CANDIDATE FOR ARMENIAN PRESIDENTIAL STATES ABOUT THREATS AGAINST HIM

2008-02-07 20:43:00

ArmInfo. On February 7, Leader of the National Accord Party,
presidential candidate Aram Harutyunyan said that he was threatened
with punishment.

In his pre-electoral b-roll on the Public TV of Armenia Aram
Harutyunyan noted that when we was getting ready to come out with his
b-roll at about 4:40 pm, someone called him over the mobile phone,
introduced himself as a correspondent from "Hayk" newspaper, and
threatened him with punishment.

To note, "Hayk" newspaper is one of local media, which supports the
candidature of the first Armenian president Levon Ter-Petrosyan.

To note, earlier Leader of Orinats Yerkir Party of Armenia Artur
Baghdasaryan had stated about threats in his address, when making a
speech on February 3, at the meeting of thousands of people in the
center of Yerevan.

To recall, at the previous presidential election in Armenia in 2003,
Aram Harutyunyan had collected less than 1% of votes.