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RA Defense Minister: I Have Right to Run for President
and I Won't Abdicate from It
27.12.2006 18:26 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian Defense Minister Serge
Sargsyan considers he is entitled to run for
President. As he told the RA Public Television, the
Constitution provides him with the possibility to
become a presidential contender. `I have the right and
I will not abdicate from it,' Sargsyan stated adding
that the final decision on his participation in the
presidential election in 2008 he will take after the
parliamentary election in May 2007. The Minister also
said that the presidential office is not an end in
itself for him and this fact distinguishes him from
the other contenders.
At the same time Serge Sargsyan voiced assurance that
internal political situation in Armenia will remain
calm. In his words, the parliamentary election will
animate the political field however it will arouse no tension.
RA Defense Minister: I Have Right to Run for President
and I Won't Abdicate from It
27.12.2006 18:26 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian Defense Minister Serge
Sargsyan considers he is entitled to run for
President. As he told the RA Public Television, the
Constitution provides him with the possibility to
become a presidential contender. `I have the right and
I will not abdicate from it,' Sargsyan stated adding
that the final decision on his participation in the
presidential election in 2008 he will take after the
parliamentary election in May 2007. The Minister also
said that the presidential office is not an end in
itself for him and this fact distinguishes him from
the other contenders.
At the same time Serge Sargsyan voiced assurance that
internal political situation in Armenia will remain
calm. In his words, the parliamentary election will
animate the political field however it will arouse no tension.