HERITAGE PARTY: TER-PETROSYAN SHOULD NOT HEAD OPPOSITION MAYOR CANDIDATES LIST

PanARMENIAN.Net
18.03.2009 15:51 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "The Heritage, acknowledging the importance of
Mayoral elections applied to NCA with an offer for single Mayoral
candidate nomination. After 22 day’s silence we received the ANC
decision. I have to state that , unfortunately the decision hadn’t
been negotiated with the Heritage," the Heritage Press Secretary
Hovsep Khurshudyan stated.

According to Hovsep Khurshudyan, the Heritage suggested young candidate
Armen Martirosyan topped the list, whom experienced politicians,
Levon Ter-Petrosyan and Raffi Hovhannesyan had to lead to the victory.

The Party decided that Ter-Petrosyan was to come second in the list,
followed by Raffi Hovhannsesyan.

Hovsep Khurshudyan noted that some part of the electorate, though
pro-oppositional, is unwilling to vote for Levon Ter-Petrosyan. The
Heritage decision to nominate Armen Martirosyan as top candidate was
prompted by his being capable to draw pro-oppositional electorate
votes.

"We believe that what matters is not the votes accumulated or who’ll be
elected as Mayor, but that Mayoral elections have political connotation
and would serve as an important start for further changes in the
country. It’s the opposition victory that matters, and any decision of
Heritage Party will be serving to the cause of opposition’s victory."

Heritage final decision will be announced on Friday.