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    POLITICAL PARTIES NOT JOINING PRESIDENTIAL RACE STILL PASSIVE

    TERT.AM
    09.01.13

    The political parities which previously announced that they are not
    going to participate in the February 18 presidential election are
    still undecided about guiding their electorate.

    Members of the opposition Armenian Revolutionary
    Federation-Dashnaksutyun told Tert.am that they haven't held any
    discussion or made any decision in that connection.

    A spokesperson for the Prosperous Armenia party (PAP), Tigran
    Urikhanyan, said they are already informed of their format of joining
    the race. "The PAP has said what it had to say in a two-clause
    decision, and we have nothing to add," he told our correspondent.

    In a statement adopted on December 12, the party, which was formerly
    represented in the ruling coalition, said it is not going to field
    a candidate or back any of the contender in the upcoming polls. A
    secretary for the PAP faction in parliament, Naira Zohrabyan, had
    earlier told Tert.am that they will unveil their plans after all the
    nominees names are made public.

    Our calls to members of the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC)
    went unanswered. Leader of the Democratic Motherland party Petros
    Makeyan, who is also a member of the alliance's political board,
    also appeared to be unaware of the ANC's decision.

    As for his party, Makeyan said a board meeting scheduled for Wednesday
    was to have made a decision on which candidate to back.

    "We have rescheduled the political board session because of the
    heavy snowfall as we were also expected to have participants from
    the regions," he said, promising that the decision will be made after
    the meeting which will probably take place on January 12.




    From: A. Papazian
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