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TO START A CAMPAIGN IS A SERIOUS RISK
Harutyun Gevorgyan
Hayots Ashkharh Daily
Dec 1 2007
Armenia
ARFD Armenian organization convened its extraordinary Supreme Assembly
yesterday. The only issue of the agenda was the nomination of Vahan
Hovhannisyan's or Armen Rustamyan's candidacy for presidency.
Before the election of the candidate, by the delegates of the Supreme
Assembly, V. Hovhannisyan and A. Rustamyan delivered speeches.
The Representative of ARFD Armenian Supreme Body Armen Rustamyan
summed up the results of the meetings with the people after the
nomination of the Supreme Assembly that took place in September and
the pan-national voting on November 17-30.
" 285697 voters participated in the pan-national election initiated
by ARFD. 6211 ballot-papers were annulled because the electors
voted for the both candidates. Vahan Hovhannisyan obtained 53% of
the votes, 149217 votes, and 132719 or 47% of the electors voted for
Armen Rustamyan. Our regulations don't presume that the pan-national
elections would have a direct influence on the choice of the delegates
of Supreme Assembly. But meanwhile they can't ignore the choice of
our people. That is why I withdraw my candidacy and I call you to
vote for my inseparable friend - Vahan Hovhannisyan."
Member of ARFD Bureau Vahan Hovhannisyan underscored in his speech that
passing its political path Dashnaktsutyun has gained the reputation of
a trustful friend, never handing its principles over. " Our attitude
towards the authorities and the degree of our cooperation with them
from the restricted neutrality to a coalition partnership has been
conditioned by the formation of the government and their political
course. It has been already nine years that we are trying to make
essential changes in all the spheres of life and to build bridges of
reconciliation between the government in power and society. And it
is up to you to judge whether we have managed it or not."
The speaker also underscored all the negative phenomena existing in
the government system that haven't been eradicated yet. "The extremist
perception of the inherited liberal ideologies, the distortion of
the state's role in the regulation of the free market have led to
the existing economic system, when the country is governed by the
economic groupings having power. Those groupings have monopolized
the most profitable sphere of economy, forming an atmosphere that is
far from a free competition. The monopoly has stopped to be only an
economic phenomenon and it also hinders political progress.
We can't demand system changes from the ex-government that has become
active recently. It is excluded. We know them very well and we haven't
forgotten anything. The experience of our cooperation is enough for
us to demand it from the government in power. We are ready to make
these changes with our own efforts. The choice mustn't be between
the past and the present. We choose the future. We go to elections
with our own candidate."
>From the 80 delegates of the Supreme Assembly 79 participated in the
closed voting. Three ballot-papers were annulled, because they gave
their votes to the both candidates. 16 delegates voted for Armen
Rustamyan and 60 for Vahan Hovhannisyan.
Harutyun Gevorgyan
Hayots Ashkharh Daily
Dec 1 2007
Armenia
ARFD Armenian organization convened its extraordinary Supreme Assembly
yesterday. The only issue of the agenda was the nomination of Vahan
Hovhannisyan's or Armen Rustamyan's candidacy for presidency.
Before the election of the candidate, by the delegates of the Supreme
Assembly, V. Hovhannisyan and A. Rustamyan delivered speeches.
The Representative of ARFD Armenian Supreme Body Armen Rustamyan
summed up the results of the meetings with the people after the
nomination of the Supreme Assembly that took place in September and
the pan-national voting on November 17-30.
" 285697 voters participated in the pan-national election initiated
by ARFD. 6211 ballot-papers were annulled because the electors
voted for the both candidates. Vahan Hovhannisyan obtained 53% of
the votes, 149217 votes, and 132719 or 47% of the electors voted for
Armen Rustamyan. Our regulations don't presume that the pan-national
elections would have a direct influence on the choice of the delegates
of Supreme Assembly. But meanwhile they can't ignore the choice of
our people. That is why I withdraw my candidacy and I call you to
vote for my inseparable friend - Vahan Hovhannisyan."
Member of ARFD Bureau Vahan Hovhannisyan underscored in his speech that
passing its political path Dashnaktsutyun has gained the reputation of
a trustful friend, never handing its principles over. " Our attitude
towards the authorities and the degree of our cooperation with them
from the restricted neutrality to a coalition partnership has been
conditioned by the formation of the government and their political
course. It has been already nine years that we are trying to make
essential changes in all the spheres of life and to build bridges of
reconciliation between the government in power and society. And it
is up to you to judge whether we have managed it or not."
The speaker also underscored all the negative phenomena existing in
the government system that haven't been eradicated yet. "The extremist
perception of the inherited liberal ideologies, the distortion of
the state's role in the regulation of the free market have led to
the existing economic system, when the country is governed by the
economic groupings having power. Those groupings have monopolized
the most profitable sphere of economy, forming an atmosphere that is
far from a free competition. The monopoly has stopped to be only an
economic phenomenon and it also hinders political progress.
We can't demand system changes from the ex-government that has become
active recently. It is excluded. We know them very well and we haven't
forgotten anything. The experience of our cooperation is enough for
us to demand it from the government in power. We are ready to make
these changes with our own efforts. The choice mustn't be between
the past and the present. We choose the future. We go to elections
with our own candidate."
>From the 80 delegates of the Supreme Assembly 79 participated in the
closed voting. Three ballot-papers were annulled, because they gave
their votes to the both candidates. 16 delegates voted for Armen
Rustamyan and 60 for Vahan Hovhannisyan.