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    RICHARD GIRAGOSIAN: UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION NOT COMPETITIVE

    Aysor.am
    January 10

    "There is one important aspect related to the upcoming election:
    it is not competitive, Serzh Sargsyan will be re-elected, but the
    lack of competition between the candidates means that the election
    process itself should be freer and fairer," Director of the Regional
    Studies Center Richard Giragosian told "168 Hours" daily.

    Giragosian said there is another, new aspect regarding the upcoming
    presidential election. In his opinion, although Serzh Sargsyan will
    probably be re-elected, in fact, this is going to be his first term as
    president, rather than the second one because the whole first term was
    spent eliminating the consequences of the 2008 postelection crisis,
    achieving legitimacy he initially lacked, and distancing himself from
    Robert Kocharian and the March 1 events.

    TODAY, 12:43

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