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    Armenian 2nd TV, Armenia
    Oct 26 2007


    Armenian leader considers ex-president insignificant rival


    [Armenian President Robert Kocharyan] Of course, he [Armenia's former
    President Levon Ter-Petrosyan ] has the right to nominate his
    candidacy and we have no problem with that. He has not yet nominated
    his candidacy, and the first president has not yet clearly expressed
    his decision. For this reason, I do not want to make any comments.

    After he and others nominate their candidacies, we will think about
    our strategies. We have never avoided struggle, we will not avoid it
    this time, and of course, we will struggle for a good result.

    By the way, the first president, at least according to the current
    studies, will not be the single candidate from the opposition, at
    least according to the present situation, and there are two-three
    opposition figures whose rating is higher than his [Levon
    Ter-Petrosyan's].

    This is also obvious, and I relate the election strategy that we will
    adopt. I do not think that attention will be focused on the so-called
    insignificant candidate in the election processes.

    The Armenian Pan-National Movement participated in all parliamentary
    elections, twice - as the Armenian Pan-National Movement, and for the
    third time - as the Impeachment bloc, but all top members of the
    Armenian Pan-National Movement were involved in the election race.

    And I remember that in 1999 they gained about one per cent, slightly
    more - 1.1, and in 2003 - 0.6, and in 2007 - 1.3 per cent.

    This is the Armenian Pan-National Movement's capacity and rating. And
    I consider it naive to suppose that the people forgot about the
    period when the Armenian Pan-National Movement was in power.

    We will remember it to those who forgot this. The fact is that it's
    obvious that the Armenian Pan-National Movement is accountable for
    the decline in the Armenian economy. Maybe now they see that the
    economy is recovering, they think that there are new opportunities
    for theft and probably their appetites has grown in this regard.

    I am sure that our people would not like to return to 1995-1996 with
    all its consequences. They will not want to - I consider many people
    don't have good memories of those years. Try to remember what
    sustainable thing was created during those years - for instance in
    Yerevan, in the earthquake zone so that anyone can say that this was
    done with my participation and remained a sustainable thing at
    present.

    And within the last 10 years almost at every community and city there
    have been sustainable results.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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