"NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC UNION, NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY, UNION OF NATIONAL DEMOCRATS AND NATIONAL STATE PARTY INTEND TO UNITE IN FUTURE," HEAD OF VAZGEN MANUKIAN’S PRE-ELECTORAL HEADQUARTERS SAYS
Noyan Tapan
Feb 6, 2008
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 6, NOYAN TAPAN. The National Democratic Union
headed by Vazgen Manukian, a candidate running for the post of the RA
President, and the National Democratic Party, the Union of National
Democrats, as well as the National State party supporting him intend
to unite during the forthcoming one year, creating one big party. This
statement was made by Samvel Shahinian, the Head of the pre-electoral
central headquarters of Vazgen Manukian, at the press conference
held on February 6. In his words, that would be not an artificially
created union but a union based on a national-democratic ideology.
Samvel Shahinian mentioned that the headquarters of Vazgen Manukian
is true to its adopted tactics, according to which crowded rallies
and regional visits are not important at all. According to him,
the National Democratic Union held crowded mass rallies in certain
settlements during the previous elections, however Vazgen Manukian
received rather few votes in those very places. The contrary thing
also happened, when, in the words of Samvel Shahinian, after not so
crowded rallies the Leader of the National Democratic Union received
most of the votes in that very settlement.
Samvel Shahinian explained the small number of the headquarters of
Vazgen Manukian in regions with the fact that "in the current century
of communications, when all the issues can be settled by mobile phones,
the great number of headquarters is not only a dissipation but also
an overindulgence."