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    ARMENIAN PAPER NAMES POSSIBLE CANDIDATES FOR POST OF SPEAKER

    Aravot, Yerevan
    18 May 06

    Excerpt from Margarit Yesayan's report by Armenian newspaper Aravot on
    18 May headlined "Who will become speaker of parliament?" and subheaded
    "Is Arshak Sadoyan an alternative to Tigran Torosyan?"

    As a result of the re-arrangement of parliamentary forces, the vacant
    seats of the Law Governed Country Party have already been distributed,
    and they are waiting for Artur Bagdasaryan to officially tender his
    resignation on 22 May.

    According to reliable sources, the deputy speaker of parliament and
    a member of the Republican Party of Armenia [RPA], Tigran Torosyan,
    will be elected speaker of parliament. But people in the corridors
    of the parliament predict that Tigran Torosyan's candidacy will not
    pass so easily because there are people in the RPA who do not want
    to elect him.

    If we take into account that the People's Deputy faction and the United
    Labour Party may adopt a decision to vote openly in this election and
    that the opposition will not participate in it, a difficult situation
    will actually come about.

    But the problem is not limited only to Tigran Torosyan. According
    to some rumours, the leader of the National Unity Party, Artashes
    Gegamyan, and the leader of the National Democratic bloc, Arshak
    Sadoyan, are also going to nominate their candidacies to this post.

    Artashes Gegamyan denied this report yesterday and said that his bloc
    will not take part in the election.

    [Passage omitted: Gegamyan said he is not going to become a political
    kamikaze]

    As for Arshak Sadoyan, he has confirmed that he is going to nominate
    his candidacy to the post of speaker. Mr Sadoyan is sure that an
    alternative is very important in the current situation.
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