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Russia & CIS Presidential Bulletin
January 18, 2008
ARMENIAN CEC REGISTERS NINE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
The Armenian Central Elections Commission (CEC) has registered nine
candidates for the presidential elections slated for February 19, CEC
Chairman Garegin Azarian said at a commission session on Friday.
The presidential hopefuls had provided CEC with documents necessary
for their registration.
The candidates include Prime Minister and Republican Party leader
Serzh Sarkisian, National Assembly Deputy Speaker and member of the
Dashnaktsutiun party bureau Vaan Ovannisian, Orinats Yerkir party
leader Artur Bagdasarian, National Unity party leader Artashes
Gegamian, People's Party leader Tigran Karapetian, National Accord
party leader Aram Arutyunian, former prime minister and leader of the
opposition National Democratic Union Vazgen Manukian, former advisor
to the president of Nagorno-Karabakh Armen Melikian, and former
president Levon Ter-Petrosian.
The Armenian CEC registered eight local organizations to monitor the
elections and four foreign ones, among them the OSCE Office for
Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), a CIS mission, a
PACE mission, and a mission representing the CIS Inter-Parliamentary
Assembly. The CEC will continue registering observer missions until
February 9.
CEC secretary Abraam Bakhchagulian said the commission had sent
invitations to the embassies of the OSCE countries, the diplomatic
missions of countries having residencies in Yerevan, the chairman of
the Nagorno-Karabakh CEC, the head of the OSCE office in Yerevan, and
a number of others.
January 18, 2008
ARMENIAN CEC REGISTERS NINE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
The Armenian Central Elections Commission (CEC) has registered nine
candidates for the presidential elections slated for February 19, CEC
Chairman Garegin Azarian said at a commission session on Friday.
The presidential hopefuls had provided CEC with documents necessary
for their registration.
The candidates include Prime Minister and Republican Party leader
Serzh Sarkisian, National Assembly Deputy Speaker and member of the
Dashnaktsutiun party bureau Vaan Ovannisian, Orinats Yerkir party
leader Artur Bagdasarian, National Unity party leader Artashes
Gegamian, People's Party leader Tigran Karapetian, National Accord
party leader Aram Arutyunian, former prime minister and leader of the
opposition National Democratic Union Vazgen Manukian, former advisor
to the president of Nagorno-Karabakh Armen Melikian, and former
president Levon Ter-Petrosian.
The Armenian CEC registered eight local organizations to monitor the
elections and four foreign ones, among them the OSCE Office for
Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), a CIS mission, a
PACE mission, and a mission representing the CIS Inter-Parliamentary
Assembly. The CEC will continue registering observer missions until
February 9.
CEC secretary Abraam Bakhchagulian said the commission had sent
invitations to the embassies of the OSCE countries, the diplomatic
missions of countries having residencies in Yerevan, the chairman of
the Nagorno-Karabakh CEC, the head of the OSCE office in Yerevan, and
a number of others.