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ARF-DASHNAKTSUTYUN TO BACK REPUBLICAN PARTY OF ARMENIA INCUMBENT IN VANADZOR ELECTION
Adrine Torosyan
hetq
11:15, September 7, 2012
The opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) alliance and the
Heritage Party haven't put forth candidates in the Vanadzor mayoral
election and are not backing any of the other parties' candidates.
Meanwhile, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun, or
ARF-D) is participating in the upcoming election and, as surprising
as this might be, is backing the Republican Party of Armenia (HHK)
candidate, incumbent Samvel Darbinyan. ARF-D Supreme Council member
Hovhannes Tadevosyan announced this news during Darbinyan's campaign
rally.
"The ARF-D, being in the opposition, at the same couldn't remain
indifferent to such a serious process as the election of the mayor,"
said Tadevosyan, adding that it was the ARF-D's Vanadzor committee
that made the decision to back the HHK candidate.
Rule of Law (Orinats Yerkir, or OEK) party's Lori regional branch
secretary Karen Davtyan made a similar announcement. "Our party,
as a political power that's been given a significant role in the
country, is obliged to express its political position in the local
self-government elections," said Davtyan, likewise declaring that
OEK will be backing the incumbent mayor.
OEK notes as the basis for its decision the fact that Darbinyan
represents the ruling Republican Party of Armenia, which is OEK's
coalition partner. Meanwhile, the ARF-D has not provided any political
explanation for its decision.
Adrine Torosyan
hetq
11:15, September 7, 2012
The opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) alliance and the
Heritage Party haven't put forth candidates in the Vanadzor mayoral
election and are not backing any of the other parties' candidates.
Meanwhile, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun, or
ARF-D) is participating in the upcoming election and, as surprising
as this might be, is backing the Republican Party of Armenia (HHK)
candidate, incumbent Samvel Darbinyan. ARF-D Supreme Council member
Hovhannes Tadevosyan announced this news during Darbinyan's campaign
rally.
"The ARF-D, being in the opposition, at the same couldn't remain
indifferent to such a serious process as the election of the mayor,"
said Tadevosyan, adding that it was the ARF-D's Vanadzor committee
that made the decision to back the HHK candidate.
Rule of Law (Orinats Yerkir, or OEK) party's Lori regional branch
secretary Karen Davtyan made a similar announcement. "Our party,
as a political power that's been given a significant role in the
country, is obliged to express its political position in the local
self-government elections," said Davtyan, likewise declaring that
OEK will be backing the incumbent mayor.
OEK notes as the basis for its decision the fact that Darbinyan
represents the ruling Republican Party of Armenia, which is OEK's
coalition partner. Meanwhile, the ARF-D has not provided any political
explanation for its decision.