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Voters' preferences unchanged ahead of Armenia elections - expert
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Feb 2, 2013 14:32 Moscow Time
Photo: RIA Novosti
An assassination attempt on Armenia's presidential candidate Paruyr
Hayrikyan will not affect voters' preferences, Moscow-based Oriental
expert Andrei Areshev told the Voice of Russia on Saturday.
He said that incumbent President Serzh Sargsyan is almost certain to
win the upcoming elections.
He recalled that according to the latest opinion polls, 66 percent of
Armenians have signaled their readiness to vote for Sargsyan.
Wounded Armenian presidential candidate wants election day postponed
Armenian presidential hopeful who survived an assassination attempt on
Thursday, has asked the Constitutional Court to postpone the election
date, scheduled for February 18.
Paruyr Hayrikian said that right now he was physically unfit to
continue his campaign.
There are eight candidates, including the incumbent Serge Sargsyan,
running for the country's top job.
Armenia presidential election may be postponed over assassination of candidate
The presidential elections of Armenia may be delayed because of the
attempt on the life of candidate Paruyr Hayrikian.
According to the constitution of the country, in the case of
insurmountable obstacles faced by one of the candidates, the election
may be postponed for two weeks.
This was announced by the speaker of the parliament.
An attempt to assassinate candidate Hayrikian was committed on
Thursday night in the center of Yerevan.
The politician was shot in the shoulder. He is now in the hospital,
his life is not in danger.
Presidential elections were to be held in Armenia on February 18.
They involve eight candidates, including the current President Serzh Sargsyan.
Armenian presidential candidate wounded in assassination attempt
An Armenian presidential candidate has been shot in the center of
Yerevan, the country's capital, late Thursday. The 64-year-old
politician, Paruyr Hayrikyan of the Union for National
Self-Determination party, was taken to hospital with a gun wound.
Hayrikyan was taken to the Saint Gregory the Illuminator medical
center with two gunshot wounds, in the shoulder and in the chest. The
chest wound is considered serious, but not immediately
life-threatening, medics said.
Hayrikyan is conscious but has not yet been operated on. A number of
high-profile figures visited the politician in his ward, including
Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan, Yerevan Police Chief Vladimir
Gasparyan and Speaker of Parliament Hovik Abrahamyan, Regnum news
agency reports.
The candidate was shot as he left his car near his parent's house on
Tpagrichneri Street in the southeast section of central Yerevan.
Two shells have reportedly been found at the crime scene.
Police are still investigating, but are not commenting on the incident.
Hayrikyan is one of eight candidates running for president in the
Caucasus state's February 18 election.
The election campaign was launched on January 21.
Voice of Russia, RT, RIA, TASS
From: Baghdasarian
http://english.ruvr.ru/2013_02_02/Voters-preferences-unchanged-ahead-of-Armenia-elections-expert/
Feb 2, 2013 14:32 Moscow Time
Photo: RIA Novosti
An assassination attempt on Armenia's presidential candidate Paruyr
Hayrikyan will not affect voters' preferences, Moscow-based Oriental
expert Andrei Areshev told the Voice of Russia on Saturday.
He said that incumbent President Serzh Sargsyan is almost certain to
win the upcoming elections.
He recalled that according to the latest opinion polls, 66 percent of
Armenians have signaled their readiness to vote for Sargsyan.
Wounded Armenian presidential candidate wants election day postponed
Armenian presidential hopeful who survived an assassination attempt on
Thursday, has asked the Constitutional Court to postpone the election
date, scheduled for February 18.
Paruyr Hayrikian said that right now he was physically unfit to
continue his campaign.
There are eight candidates, including the incumbent Serge Sargsyan,
running for the country's top job.
Armenia presidential election may be postponed over assassination of candidate
The presidential elections of Armenia may be delayed because of the
attempt on the life of candidate Paruyr Hayrikian.
According to the constitution of the country, in the case of
insurmountable obstacles faced by one of the candidates, the election
may be postponed for two weeks.
This was announced by the speaker of the parliament.
An attempt to assassinate candidate Hayrikian was committed on
Thursday night in the center of Yerevan.
The politician was shot in the shoulder. He is now in the hospital,
his life is not in danger.
Presidential elections were to be held in Armenia on February 18.
They involve eight candidates, including the current President Serzh Sargsyan.
Armenian presidential candidate wounded in assassination attempt
An Armenian presidential candidate has been shot in the center of
Yerevan, the country's capital, late Thursday. The 64-year-old
politician, Paruyr Hayrikyan of the Union for National
Self-Determination party, was taken to hospital with a gun wound.
Hayrikyan was taken to the Saint Gregory the Illuminator medical
center with two gunshot wounds, in the shoulder and in the chest. The
chest wound is considered serious, but not immediately
life-threatening, medics said.
Hayrikyan is conscious but has not yet been operated on. A number of
high-profile figures visited the politician in his ward, including
Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan, Yerevan Police Chief Vladimir
Gasparyan and Speaker of Parliament Hovik Abrahamyan, Regnum news
agency reports.
The candidate was shot as he left his car near his parent's house on
Tpagrichneri Street in the southeast section of central Yerevan.
Two shells have reportedly been found at the crime scene.
Police are still investigating, but are not commenting on the incident.
Hayrikyan is one of eight candidates running for president in the
Caucasus state's February 18 election.
The election campaign was launched on January 21.
Voice of Russia, RT, RIA, TASS
From: Baghdasarian