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    ARMENIAN PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDERS PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO AGRICULTURE, EXPERT SAYS

    YEREVAN, February 12. /ARKA/. Three of the Armenian candidates for
    president, Serzh Sargsyan, Raffi Hovannisyan and Hrant Bagratyan, have
    an economic component in their election platforms, head of Alternative
    analytical centre, PhD in economy, professor Tatul Manaseryan told
    a press conference Tuesday.

    Special attention is paid to rural problems in particular.

    "The candidates realize that development of agriculture is an important
    step to ensure the food supply security and economic development in
    the country", Manaseryan said.

    The candidates say it is important to solve employment problems in
    rural areas, according to Manaseryan.

    The expert stressed that all three contenders touch also upon social
    issues and promise to raise pensions and wages, but propose different
    mechanisms for it.

    "Opposition candidates pay great attention to reduction of black
    economy", Manaseryan said.

    According to the expert, the main difference between the election
    platforms is how the platforms are formed.

    "For example, Serzh Sargsyan's platform points only to main objectives
    and targets, whereas Hrant Bagratyan describes his proposals in more
    detail and in numbers; Raffi Hovanisian's platform is less spatial,
    but contains indicators the candidate promises to achieve if elected",
    Manaseryan said.

    The expert sees certain differences also in approaches, for instance,
    Raffi Hovanissian promises to create 180,000 new jobs, whereas
    Bagratyan intends to promote self-employment among the population.

    In general, according to the expert, the most important is not the
    extent of detail in the platform, but candidate's capability of keeping
    his promises. Here, special attention should be paid to the past and
    the political biography of each contender, Manaseryan said.

    Armenian presidential elections are scheduled for February 18. Seven
    nominees are running for president: incumbent president Serzh Sargsyan,
    former prime minister and leader of Freedom party Hrant Bagratyan,
    former foreign minister and head of Heritage party Raffi Hovhannisyan,
    famous Soviet dissident and leader of National Self-Determination party
    Paruyr Hayrikyan, ex foreign minister of Karabakh Arman Melikyan,
    political scientist and head of Radio Hay Andrias Ghukasyan and
    philologist Vardan Sedrakyan. -0-

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