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Zham.am News, Armenia
Nov 21 2012
Armenian opposition MP renounces presidential nomination, backs party leader
[Translated from Armenian]
Former Armenian foreign minister and currently MP Vardan Oskanyan from
the Prosperous Armenia (PA) party has said that he would back party
leader Gagik Tsarukyan's nomination for the presidential race in 2013,
the News.am website reported on 20 November, referring to a post by
Oskanyan in his Facebook account.
"In spite of the fact that my nomination at Gagik Tsarukyan's proposal
was considered as a prime option, party members have spoken in favour
of Tsarukyan's nomination, which I support," News.am said, quoting
Oskanyan's Facebook post. According to the news website, Oskanyan said
that initial consultations with local structures of the PA showed that
party activists backed the decision to nominate their own contender
and that Gagik Tsarukyan should be the nominee.
Referring to the recent political consultations initiated by the PA on
changes in the election and governance systems in Armenia, Oskanyan
said that the society, as well as political factions saw the need "to
take the country out of the current dire straits" through combined
efforts and possibly a joint presidential candidate based on a "common
agenda, supposing social consolidation and serious systemic
transformations".
In the meantime, Gagik Tsarukyan gave a short interview to the Zham.am
news website, in which he said that the decision on the nomination for
the presidential election in 2013 had been taken, but refrained from
directly answering whether he would be nominated or not. "I have taken
a decision for myself. However, the election law enables me not to
announce it and I make use of that opportunity," Zham.am quoted the PA
leader as saying.
Nov 21 2012
Armenian opposition MP renounces presidential nomination, backs party leader
[Translated from Armenian]
Former Armenian foreign minister and currently MP Vardan Oskanyan from
the Prosperous Armenia (PA) party has said that he would back party
leader Gagik Tsarukyan's nomination for the presidential race in 2013,
the News.am website reported on 20 November, referring to a post by
Oskanyan in his Facebook account.
"In spite of the fact that my nomination at Gagik Tsarukyan's proposal
was considered as a prime option, party members have spoken in favour
of Tsarukyan's nomination, which I support," News.am said, quoting
Oskanyan's Facebook post. According to the news website, Oskanyan said
that initial consultations with local structures of the PA showed that
party activists backed the decision to nominate their own contender
and that Gagik Tsarukyan should be the nominee.
Referring to the recent political consultations initiated by the PA on
changes in the election and governance systems in Armenia, Oskanyan
said that the society, as well as political factions saw the need "to
take the country out of the current dire straits" through combined
efforts and possibly a joint presidential candidate based on a "common
agenda, supposing social consolidation and serious systemic
transformations".
In the meantime, Gagik Tsarukyan gave a short interview to the Zham.am
news website, in which he said that the decision on the nomination for
the presidential election in 2013 had been taken, but refrained from
directly answering whether he would be nominated or not. "I have taken
a decision for myself. However, the election law enables me not to
announce it and I make use of that opportunity," Zham.am quoted the PA
leader as saying.