BH TO RUN FOR YEREVAN COUNCIL OF ELDERS ELECTIONS FOR PURPOSE OF WINNING

Noyan Tapan
March 20, 2009

YEREVAN, MARCH 20, NOYAN TAPAN. The rumors on including former RA
President Robert Kocharian in the Bargavach Hayastan (Prosperous
Armenia) party list in Yerevan council of elders elections do not
correspond to reality. Naira Zohrabian, a member of the RA National
Assembly Bargavach Hayastan (Prosperous Armenia) faction, stated at
the March 20 parliamentary press briefing.

She said that party’s electoral roll consisting of 122 persons is
already ready and will be handed to CEC in a few hours. As it had
been already informed, Minister of Health Haroutiun Kushkian heads
the BH list, BH faction member Mkhitar Mnatsakanian is the second,
and YSU senior lecturer Margarita Matevosian is the third on the
list. It was also mentioned that former Mayor Yervand Zakharian was
appointed head of BH preelection headquarters and Naira Zohrabian
was appointed responsible person for promotion.

In response to the question of whether BH indeed is not going to work
in favor of the RPA candidate in Mayor’s elections, N. Zohrabian
stated that BH has never run for any election by a predetermined
scenario. According to her, the party is disposed very seriously and
will run for the elections for the purpose of winning.