RA CEC REGISTERS OYP MEMBERS KHACHIK HAROUTIUNIAN AND ARTSRUNI AGHAJANIAN AS NA DEPUTIES

Noyan Tapan
April 23, 2008

YEREVAN, APRIL 23, NOYAN TAPAN. RA Central Electoral Commission, at
the April 23 sitting, registered as deputies Khachik Haroutiunian and
Artsruni Aghajanian included in the Orinats Yerkir (Country of Law)
party’s proportional electoral roll. NA protocols on considering as
stopped deputy authorities of Mher Shahgelian and Gurgen Sargsian
elected deputies by OYP proportional system in the May 12, 2007
parliamentary elections became a basis for the decision. The latters
have been included in the new government.

According to CEC Secretary Abram Bakhchagulian, 6 candidates following
K. Haroutiunian on OYP electoral roll have put in applications on
withdrawing their candidatures, as a result of which A. Aghajanian
received the deputy mandate. However, the CEC Secretary also said
that among the above mentioned 6 candidates Gegham Gasparian, as
well as candidate Viktoria Haroutiunian following A. Aghajanian have
applied to CEC saying that they have not signed the applications on
withdrawing their candidatures. CEC decided to send these applications
to the Prosecutor General’s Office for a signature expertise. If the
signatures’ authenticity is not proved, CEC will consider the decision
on registering A. Aghajanian as a deputy.

By the way, A. Aghajanian was a NA deputy of second convocation
(1999-2003) by the proportional system, by the OYP electoral roll.
From: Baghdasarian