Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
Feb. 25, 2008
6 high-ranking MFA officials announced support to Ter-Petrosyan
[ 25 Feb 2008 16:02 ]
Yerevan-APA. Armenian Central Election Commission announced the
results of presidential elctions which was held on February 19, APA
reports quoting `Novosti-Armenia’
Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisyan has won February 19
presidential elections, the country’s central elect ion commission
announced giving final election results.
`Sarkisyan gained 52,82% votes, ` Garegin Azaryan , the head of
Armenian central elction commission, said.
His nearest rivals, Levon Ter-Petrosyan and Artur Bagdasaryan
received 21, 5% and 17, 7% votes.6 members of CEC have signed the
final protocol.2 opposition members of CEC have not attended the
meeting. Armenian presidential hopeful, ex-President Levon
Ter-Petrosyan appealed to the Constitutional Court `to recognize as
insuperable the obstacles, which arose on the way of his
participation in the February 19 elections.’
Ter-Petrosyan’s election headquarters of `unsuccessfully took up all
the possible measures, provided for by the electoral legislation, to
prevent violations of the law against the candidate or to eliminate
their consequences’.Today Levon Ter-Petrosyan announced that RA MFA
head of department of information division Vladimir Karapetian, head
of UN division of international organizations department Varsenik
Baghdasarian, head of U.S. and Canada division of American department
Karine Afrikian, head of NATO division of arms control and
international security department
Marta Ayvazian, European department advisor Arakel Semerjian , second
secretary of Latin America division of American department Elen
Movsisian.