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    Lragir, Armenia
    Feb 14 2008


    WHAT DISAPPEARING FROM POLITICAL SPHERE MEANS


    As the presidential election is drawing nearer, the rating of our
    candidate grows, stated Heghine Bisharyan, head of the election
    office of the presidential candidate Arthur Baghdasaryan on February
    14 at the Pastark Club. She said this worries the pro-government
    media, and some pro-opposition media, which are up for denigrating
    Arthur Baghdasaryan.

    Heghine Bisharyan stated that they do not believe in this political
    war and such efforts to get political dividends. Heghine Bisharyan
    voiced concern about an article issued in the Haykakan Zhamanak on
    February 14. The article states that the presidential candidate
    Arthur Baghdasaryan, allied with the government, will get the highest
    number of votes in the first round of the election, and thereby the
    government will prevent criticism of a rigged election and guarantee
    the victory of Serge Sargsyan in the second round. The newspaper also
    wrote that Serge Sargsyan possesses compromising materials on Arthur
    Baghdasaryan and his team and uses them to control the moves of the
    presidential election.

    Heghine Bisharyan wonders why the presidential candidate Levon
    Ter-Petrosyan's team negotiates alliance with them in the evening,
    and in the morning the newspaper the editor-in-chief of which
    endorses Levon Ter-Petrosyan, publishes an article about a plot
    between Arthur Baghdasaryan and the government. Heghine Bisharyan
    says this policy of blackmail is inadmissible, and the reason of this
    ostrich policy is not clear. She says she perceives this policy as an
    arrangement between Levon Ter-Petrosyan and Serge Sargsyan to
    splinter the opposition and favor the government. Heghine Bisharyan
    says if the editor of the Haykakan Zhamanak is on Levon
    Ter-Petrosyan's side, he should write against the government rather
    than `chase Arthur Baghdasaryan'. The reporters asked why they
    continue to negotiate with Levon Ter-Petrosyan's team if they think
    so. Heghine Bisharyan reversed the question why Levon Ter-Petrosyan's
    team continues to negotiate with them if it doubts them.

    The head of Arthur Baghdasaryan's election office stated that the
    biography of the members of their team and their families is open to
    the society, and people no longer believe in what the newspapers
    write to denigrate them. We are against winning support through
    denigrating one other, Heghine Bisharyan says. She stated that
    judging by their meetings in the regions, Arthur Baghdasaryan's
    rating is growing, and he will be the first rather than the second.
    Heghine Bisharyan stated that their candidate will run in the second
    round of the election. Heghine Bisharyan says Levon Ter-Petrosyan or
    Serge Sargsyan may be his opponent, otherwise no other candidate has
    the chance to win in the first round. She said negotiations with
    Levon Ter-Petrosyan for an alliance continue and bilateral alliance
    rather than endorsement is under consideration. In answer to the
    question if obsessed by their ambitions, Arthur Baghdasaryan and
    Levon Ter-Petrosyan will not guarantee Serge Sargsyan's victory in
    the first round, Heghine Bisharyan says Arthur Baghdasaryan ranks at
    least two, and judging by revealed results of public polls, others
    should consider joining him.

    The head of Arthur Baghdasaryan's election office also said that they
    are closely cooperating with Levon Ter-Petrosyan to battle election
    fraud, introduce their members of election commissions and proxies
    with Ter-Petrosyan's proxies to be able to prevent fraud on the
    voting day.

    In answer to the question what her thoughts are regarding Levon
    Ter-Petrosyan's pronouncement in Syunik that if Arthur Baghdasaryan
    does not join them, will disappear from the political sphere, Heghine
    Bisharyan said she was surprised. According to her, Arthur
    Baghdasaryan is a political force which has a parliamentary
    delegation of eight, he has what he needs, and he cannot disappear.
    Heghine Bisharyan says there are nine presidential candidates, and
    naturally one of them will win, and the others will not get the post
    of president, as to what disappearing from the political sphere means
    she cannot understand. `Disappear from where?' Heghine Bisharyan
    asks.
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