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    DASHNAKS MULL CAMPAIGN PLATFORM
    By Ruzanna Stepanian

    Radio Liberty, Czech Republic
    Jan 8 2008

    The campaign team of deputy parliament speaker Vahan Hovannisian
    discussed and approved on Tuesday the election manifesto of the
    presidential candidate of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation
    (Dashnaktsutyun).

    The Hovannisian campaign declined to immediately release the
    document. A Dashnaktsutyun spokesman, Spartak Seyranian, told RFE/RL
    that it needs to be endorsed by the party's governing Supreme Body
    before being made public. The body was scheduled to meet later in
    the day.

    Seyranian said Hovannisian himself will unveil the manifesto "in a
    few days time." He said it will contain about 10 pages and be "quite
    accessible" to voters.

    Hovannisian disclosed the main points of his platform as he effectively
    kicked off his campaign on December 25. In what came as a novelty in
    Armenian politics, he offered to sign "contracts" with individual
    voters committing him to pursuing policies that would, lead among
    other things, to free elections and social justice.

    According to Seyranian, about 70,000 Armenians have already signed
    such contracts carrying Hovannisian's printed signature and titled
    "I am with Vahan." He said Dashnaktsutyun expects tens of thousands
    of others to do so before election day. "It is logical for 99 percent
    of them to vote for Vahan Hovannisian," added Seyranian.
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