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HERITAGE PARTY LEADER DOES NOT RULE OUT SUPPORT FOR "SINGLE CANDIDATE" IN 2013 ELECTION
http://www.armenianow.com/news/politics/41292/armenia_raffi_hovannisian_opposition_candidate
POLITICS | 21.11.12 | 13:14
Raffi Hovannisian, the founder and leader of the opposition Heritage
party, does not rule out support for a single opposition candidate who,
he says, would bring "victory" in next year's presidential election.
At a press conference on Wednesday, Hovannisian, who earlier this
month announced his intention to run for president in February,
warned, however, that he would reject any pretence and eyewash that
would eventually end up in a "deal".
Hovannisian's remarks came amid continuing consultations among mostly
opposition political forces launched last week around a possible
common platform with which to challenge President Serzh Sargsyan in
the upcoming election.
Hovannisian's Heritage party members last week also met with
representatives of the Prosperous Armenia Party that initiated the
consultations on the basis of two main issues - transforming Armenia
into a parliamentary republic by 2018 and scrapping elections to
the National Assembly from single-seat mandates and passing to an
all-party list ballot.
At the press conference on Wednesday Hovannisian also announced that he
was leaving for Baku later that day to take part in an international
conference of Asian political parties. He said that organizers of the
event in Azerbaijan had promised equal conditions for expression and
security to him.
http://www.armenianow.com/news/politics/41292/armenia_raffi_hovannisian_opposition_candidate
POLITICS | 21.11.12 | 13:14
Raffi Hovannisian, the founder and leader of the opposition Heritage
party, does not rule out support for a single opposition candidate who,
he says, would bring "victory" in next year's presidential election.
At a press conference on Wednesday, Hovannisian, who earlier this
month announced his intention to run for president in February,
warned, however, that he would reject any pretence and eyewash that
would eventually end up in a "deal".
Hovannisian's remarks came amid continuing consultations among mostly
opposition political forces launched last week around a possible
common platform with which to challenge President Serzh Sargsyan in
the upcoming election.
Hovannisian's Heritage party members last week also met with
representatives of the Prosperous Armenia Party that initiated the
consultations on the basis of two main issues - transforming Armenia
into a parliamentary republic by 2018 and scrapping elections to
the National Assembly from single-seat mandates and passing to an
all-party list ballot.
At the press conference on Wednesday Hovannisian also announced that he
was leaving for Baku later that day to take part in an international
conference of Asian political parties. He said that organizers of the
event in Azerbaijan had promised equal conditions for expression and
security to him.