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HERITAGE LEADER WITHDRAWS FROM PARLIAMENTARY POLLS IN ARMENIA
Vestnik Kavkaza
March 26 2012
Russia
Raffi Ovannisyan, leader of the Heritage Party of Armenia, said that
he withdraws from the parliamentary polls at polling station N7,
PanArmenian reports.
He urged opposition on Friday to meet and agree on joint involvement
in the majority polls. He has tried to develop contacts with
Dashnaktsutyun and the Armenian National Congress. Dashnaktsutyun
refused to meet him, neither was an agreement reached with the ANC.
Ovannisyan proposed a meeting on March 23 to discuss cooperation
at majority districts. He believes that districts need at least one
opposition candidate.
Ovannisyan was to compete against oligarch Samvel Aleksanyan and
another opposition member Nikol Pashinyan.
Vestnik Kavkaza
March 26 2012
Russia
Raffi Ovannisyan, leader of the Heritage Party of Armenia, said that
he withdraws from the parliamentary polls at polling station N7,
PanArmenian reports.
He urged opposition on Friday to meet and agree on joint involvement
in the majority polls. He has tried to develop contacts with
Dashnaktsutyun and the Armenian National Congress. Dashnaktsutyun
refused to meet him, neither was an agreement reached with the ANC.
Ovannisyan proposed a meeting on March 23 to discuss cooperation
at majority districts. He believes that districts need at least one
opposition candidate.
Ovannisyan was to compete against oligarch Samvel Aleksanyan and
another opposition member Nikol Pashinyan.