MARXIST LEADER VOWS TO BE THE BEST

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05:11 pm | March 23, 2009

Politics

The Leader of Armenia’s Marxist Party, Davit Hakobyan, today told an
"extraordinary" press conference. He expressed his anger over the
mayoral ticket of the Armenian National Congress (HAK) where he takes
the 22nd place. He is displeased that he learnt about the HAK decision
and electoral list only yesterday.

Davit Hakobyan says he was to be informed about the HAK ticket and
its sequence a week before as it would enable the Marxist Party to
run for the Council of Elders on its own.

He says that the 20 candidates preceding him on the HAK ticket are
minor figures who have had no considerable participation in political
processes.

Remind that the HAK’s list is topped by Levon Ter-Petrosyan and
Stepan Demirtchyan.

Davit Hakobyan says he is most displeased with the deterioration
of political norms. "The ticket should be formulated by brains,
ideology and not by protectionism and graft. In other words, who is
the best person to appear at the front lines? And this derives from
our national interests," says the Marxist Leader and adds: "Levon
Ter-Petrosyan is an organizational leader. The list was formulated
through bribery and I accuse Ter-Petrosyan of treachery."

Nevertheless, Davit Hakobyan still isn’t ready to leave the HAK
ranks. He simply wants to call the attention of the Central Electoral
Commission, the Public Prosecutor’s Office, the Constitutional Court
and the president to the HAK ticket regarding the "corrupt principles"
on which it was formulated. He is also going to appeal the HAK decision
in relevant bodies.