LEVON TER-PETROSIAN’S SUPPORTERS AGREE WITH SERGE SARGSIAN THAT ELECTIONS WILL BE HELD IN ONE TOUR, ARMAN MUSINIAN CONSIDERS
Noyan Tapan
Feb 5, 2008
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 5, NOYAN TAPAN. Levon Ter-Petrosian’s preelection
headquarters submitted an application to the RA CEC with the demand to
invalidate the registration of presidential candidate Serge Sargsian,
who spends extra-fund resources on his election campaign. As Arman
Musinian, the Spokesperson of Ter-Petrosian’s headquarters, reported
at the February 5 press conference, the first President’s preelection
headquarters has already presented facts of many violations, which
are at its disposal, to international monitoring missions.
The Spokesperson expressed satisfaction with the course
of Ter-Petrosian’s election campaign and its results. While,
he added that Ter-Petrosian’s headquarters gives on the whole a
negative estimation to the election campaign. Among the negative
sides of the election campaign he named obstacles constantly put by
the authorities in the way of holding of Ter-Petrosian’s agitation,
as well as the fact that some presidential candidates are engaged in
nothing else but blackening the first President.
"However, all this does not play a special role for us, literally in
a few weeks we will celebrate our victory. In one issue we agree with
Serge Sargsian, in the issue that the elections will pass in one tour,"
Arman Musinian stated.
As regards possible unification of the leaders of Zharangutiun
(Heritage) and Orinats Yerkir (Country of Law) Raffi Hovannisian and
Artur Baghdasarian with Ter-Petrosian, Musinian said that there are
serious grounds to suppose that this unification will happen. Political
consultations continue at present, most probably this issue will
be finally clarified at the end of the current week. According to
A. Musinian, there are also grounds to suppose that Aram Karapetian,
the leader of the Nor Zhamanakner (New Times) party, will also support
the first President’s candidature.
As regards the issue how Ter-Petrosian’s supporters and he himself
are going to defend their votes, Arman Musinian said that this issue
consists of three levels and includes first of all responsibility of
voters. Besides, "a large political and public capital" has gathered
around the first President today, and it gives a ground to suppose
that the opposition will be able to defend its votes. "And the third
important moment is that we do not wish anyone to learn about our
intentions," Arman Musinian stated.