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'YOU'RE EITHER WITH US OR AGAINST US,' SAYS OPPOSITION CANDIDATE ARAM MANUKYAN
epress.am
03.26.2012
Nominated in the no. 4 electoral district for the upcoming
parliamentary election, Pan-Armenian National Movement (HHSh) party
leader Aram Manukyan informed Epress.am that he has no competition in
this constituency. He said, however, that he has only issue: he wants
the people's vote in order to remove the current ruling authorities
from power. According to Manukyan, those are not with him support
the ruling authorities.
Recall, also nominated in the same district are Heritage Party
MP Zaruhi Postanjyan, former editor of the daily 168 Zham ("168
Hours") Satik Seyranyan, Armen Yepjemyan and Artak Sargsyan from
the ruling Republican Party of Armenia, and Aleksan Minasyan (no
party affiliation).
In the opposition candidate's opinion, the issue is not who has what
competition or platform, it's something else - "either you're with
[Armenian President] Serzh [Sargsyan] or you're against him".
"I evaluate [competitors] only this way: how they will be decided on
this matter. Those who say that their aim is a change of government,
I will gladly collaborate with them, [but] those who won't do that will
be in another arena, [among] those who defend Serzh Sargsyan," he said.
Asked by Epress.am whether the nomination of two opposition candidates
(he and Zaruhi Postanjyan) in the same constituency won't perhaps work
in favor of the ruling authorities, Manukyan said being an opposition
is determined by being in support of or against the authorities.
Recall, Zaruhi Petrosyan, in an earlier conversation with Epress.am,
also said she didn't believe she had any competition in this district,
even between opposition candidates, saying, "Our voters are completely
different."
From: A. Papazian
epress.am
03.26.2012
Nominated in the no. 4 electoral district for the upcoming
parliamentary election, Pan-Armenian National Movement (HHSh) party
leader Aram Manukyan informed Epress.am that he has no competition in
this constituency. He said, however, that he has only issue: he wants
the people's vote in order to remove the current ruling authorities
from power. According to Manukyan, those are not with him support
the ruling authorities.
Recall, also nominated in the same district are Heritage Party
MP Zaruhi Postanjyan, former editor of the daily 168 Zham ("168
Hours") Satik Seyranyan, Armen Yepjemyan and Artak Sargsyan from
the ruling Republican Party of Armenia, and Aleksan Minasyan (no
party affiliation).
In the opposition candidate's opinion, the issue is not who has what
competition or platform, it's something else - "either you're with
[Armenian President] Serzh [Sargsyan] or you're against him".
"I evaluate [competitors] only this way: how they will be decided on
this matter. Those who say that their aim is a change of government,
I will gladly collaborate with them, [but] those who won't do that will
be in another arena, [among] those who defend Serzh Sargsyan," he said.
Asked by Epress.am whether the nomination of two opposition candidates
(he and Zaruhi Postanjyan) in the same constituency won't perhaps work
in favor of the ruling authorities, Manukyan said being an opposition
is determined by being in support of or against the authorities.
Recall, Zaruhi Petrosyan, in an earlier conversation with Epress.am,
also said she didn't believe she had any competition in this district,
even between opposition candidates, saying, "Our voters are completely
different."
From: A. Papazian