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THE 'FINAL DECISION' - TAKE 4: RUBEN HAYRAPETYAN NOMINATED AS ELECTION CANDIDATE
epress.am
03.22.2012
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) will be nominating
local tycoon, Football Federation of Armenia president, and MP Ruben
Hayrapetyan in the no. 1 electoral district, according to a decision
made at the HHK executive body meeting on Wednesday.
At a press conference on Mar. 15, Hayrapetyan had said he would not
be running in the May 6 parliamentary election, though two weeks
earlier he had said that ultimately his party would decide if he
would contest a parliamentary seat in this election or not. Yet,
even earlier, the notorious businessman had said he doesn't see
himself in the National Assembly, adding it's "not his place."
At what was assumed to be the final decision on the matter, on Mar.
15, the reluctant lawmaker explained he would no longer engage in
parliamentary work because he is busy with football-related activity,
he is the vice-president of the UEFA and FIFA committees and is often
out of the country.
To a reporter's observation at that press conference that the change of
plans could've been a PR move, Hayrapetyan responded in the negative,
saying that at one time the party actually had decided that he
should be nominated but later the party and its leader, Armenian
President Serzh Sargsyan realized the extent of his busyness and
decided otherwise.
The Football Federation of Armenia president mentioned that the
country's president has made it a point to get the Armenian national
men's football team to the World Cup finals, and for this reason
Hayrapetyan has to focus on football (and not politics).
However, only two days earlier, local daily Haykakan Jamanak ("Armenian
Times") reported that Hayrapetyan would be nominated after all.
epress.am
03.22.2012
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) will be nominating
local tycoon, Football Federation of Armenia president, and MP Ruben
Hayrapetyan in the no. 1 electoral district, according to a decision
made at the HHK executive body meeting on Wednesday.
At a press conference on Mar. 15, Hayrapetyan had said he would not
be running in the May 6 parliamentary election, though two weeks
earlier he had said that ultimately his party would decide if he
would contest a parliamentary seat in this election or not. Yet,
even earlier, the notorious businessman had said he doesn't see
himself in the National Assembly, adding it's "not his place."
At what was assumed to be the final decision on the matter, on Mar.
15, the reluctant lawmaker explained he would no longer engage in
parliamentary work because he is busy with football-related activity,
he is the vice-president of the UEFA and FIFA committees and is often
out of the country.
To a reporter's observation at that press conference that the change of
plans could've been a PR move, Hayrapetyan responded in the negative,
saying that at one time the party actually had decided that he
should be nominated but later the party and its leader, Armenian
President Serzh Sargsyan realized the extent of his busyness and
decided otherwise.
The Football Federation of Armenia president mentioned that the
country's president has made it a point to get the Armenian national
men's football team to the World Cup finals, and for this reason
Hayrapetyan has to focus on football (and not politics).
However, only two days earlier, local daily Haykakan Jamanak ("Armenian
Times") reported that Hayrapetyan would be nominated after all.