ARFD ADMITS ITS CANDIDATE’S DEFEAT

Noyan Tapan
Feb 20, 2008

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 20, NOYAN TAPAN. On February 20, Hrant Margarian,
a representative of the ARFD Bureau, stated that ARFD admits the
defeat of their candidate Vahan Hovhannisian in the presidential
elections. Answering the question of a correspondent of Radio Liberty,
how can the party candidate, who received 13 percents several months
ago in the parliamentary elections of May 2007, receive almost two-fold
less votes, H. Margarian said: "These are the unknown things we are
also anxious about." And in response to the question of whether they
are going to congratulate the winning candidate, the representative
of the ARFD Bureau said: "There is still some time for it."
From: Baghdasarian