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DEMOCRATIC PATH NOT TO ENDORSE EX-PRESIDENT'S POSSIBLE PRESIDENTIAL BID
ARMENPRESS
Sep 6, 2007
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 6, ARMENPRESS: A former parliament member Manuk
Gasparian said his Democratic Path party would not endorse ex-president
Levon Ter-Petrosian if he decides to contest the 2008 presidential
election. Gasparian, however, added that the party would not hamper
his possible bid either.
Speaking to a news conference today Manuk Gasparian said only
two members of his party's governing board say they would like
Ter-Petrosian to be nominated.
Manuk Gasparian then argued in favor of a single opposition candidate
saying this should be the prime task for all opposition groups.
"Today there are 3-4 opposition leaders who would at best garner 3-4
percent of votes if contest the poll separately. It will be also a
waste of money,' he said, adding that he has calculated that the
opposition candidates will have to spend about $25-30 million on
their election campaigns.
He said Arthur Baghdasarian of the Orinats Yerkir and Raffi
Hovhanesian of the Heritage party have the best chances among
opposition candidates.
ARMENPRESS
Sep 6, 2007
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 6, ARMENPRESS: A former parliament member Manuk
Gasparian said his Democratic Path party would not endorse ex-president
Levon Ter-Petrosian if he decides to contest the 2008 presidential
election. Gasparian, however, added that the party would not hamper
his possible bid either.
Speaking to a news conference today Manuk Gasparian said only
two members of his party's governing board say they would like
Ter-Petrosian to be nominated.
Manuk Gasparian then argued in favor of a single opposition candidate
saying this should be the prime task for all opposition groups.
"Today there are 3-4 opposition leaders who would at best garner 3-4
percent of votes if contest the poll separately. It will be also a
waste of money,' he said, adding that he has calculated that the
opposition candidates will have to spend about $25-30 million on
their election campaigns.
He said Arthur Baghdasarian of the Orinats Yerkir and Raffi
Hovhanesian of the Heritage party have the best chances among
opposition candidates.