ALL NINE RA PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES TO CONTINUE ELECTION STRUGGLE

Noyan Tapan
Feb 11, 2008

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 11, NOYAN TAPAN. None of the RA presidential
candidates used the right of withrawing his candidature in the
established term, by February 9, 18:00.

The model of the ballot-paper of the February 19 elections was
unanimously approved at the special sitting of the Central Electoral
Commission held the same day. It includes the names of all nine
candidates by alphabetical order: Artur Baghdasarian (Orinats Yerkir
party), Artashes Geghamian (National Unity), Tigran Karapetian
(People’s Party), Aram Haroutiunian (National Consent), Vahan
Hovhannisian (ARFD), Vazgen Manukian (National Democratic Union),
Arman Melikian (self-nomination), Serge Sargsian (Republican Party
of Armenia), Levon Ter-Petrosian (self-nomination).

The printing of the ballot-papers started from February 10 at the
Tigran Mets publishing-house. According to the Electoral Code, the
number of the printed ballot-papers should be up to three percents
more than the general number of voters, that is, 2m 390 thousand
ballot-papers are to be printed.