Opposition stands good chance to win the election

Opposition stands good chance to win the election

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03:33 pm | March 25, 2009 | Politics

"The opposition stands good chances to win the March 31," Heritage
Party member Vardan Khachatryan said during today’s press conference.

Heritage members Vardan Khachatryan and Hovsep Khurshudyan today
appealed to Yerevan citizens to vote for the oppoitsion during the
upcoming election to the Elder’s Council. They didn’t want to detail
the negotiations between the Heritage and the Armenian National
Congress (HAK) saying they are no longer important.

"We held the opinion that the opposition should nominate a joint
candidate for Yerevan’s mayor to gain the maximum votes but we failed
to submit a joint ticket with the HAK, hence we decided to abstain
from the election race."

The Heritage members brushed away the alleged conflict between the two
opposition wings as was reported in the press.

"Today we are all concerned about the opposition’s victory," added
Hovsep Khurshudyan. "We are well aware of the public moods and we
shall have a key participation in the election trying to secure the
opposition’s victory." With regard to the Republican candidate Vardan
Khachatryan said: "Gagik Beglaryan’s appointment to the mayoral post
on the eve of the election will weaken that candidate and raise an
unpredicted wave of protest."

Vardan Khachatryan says henceforth the `Heritage’ will participate in
all elections without exception, while this time they will act as
public overseers and will do everything possible to ensure the
legality and the fairness of the election by reducing rigging and
ballot stuffing to the minimum.

The Heritage will back the public in all events organised by the
opposition.