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ARMENIAN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OVANISSYAN REQUESTS ADDITIONAL SECURITY
Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
Feb 19 2013
Leader of the Heritage Party Raffi Ovannisyan got about 37% of the vote
at the recent presidential polls in Armenia and requested the police
to provide additional security for him. His request was motivated
by numerous reports about attacks on officials of candidates and
journalists. The police have started 24/7 patrolling of his house.
According to reports on February 18, violations of electoral rules
were massive. Ovannisyan was ahead of Sargsyan even in Shirak Province.
Supporters of Ovannisyan plan protests at Freedom Square in the center
of Yerevan at 5.00 pm today. He became the main opposition force
after withdrawal of the Armenian National Congress, Dashnaktsutyun
and prosperous Armenia from the elections.
The CIS and OSCE recognize the victory of President Serzh Sargsyan
at the elections.
Alexander Skakov, coordinator of the working group of the Center
for Studies of the Caucasus and Central Asia of the Institute of
Oriental Studies of the RAS, told Vestnik Kavkaza that the elections
were peaceful.
Alexey Vlasov, Editor-in-Chief of Vestnik Kavkaza, Executive Director
of the North-South Center for Political Analysis, predicts no major
changes in the domestic or foreign policy after the elections. He
assumes that the main intrigue is the success of Yerevan in European
integration and realization of the multi-vector policy. The only
path of Armenia in the security field is cooperation with Russia,
Vlasov says.
Regarding socio-economic cooperation, the efforts to improve ties
with Brussels are obvious, the expert notes.
Explaining the withdrawal of some opposition leaders from the
elections, Vlasov believes that the decision to quit the elections
of Gagik Tsarukyan, leader of the Prosperous Armenia Party, was a
business decision. The expert adds that the candidate could have
gained many political dividends. Regarding first Armenian President
Levon Ter-Petrosyan, leader of the Armenian National Congress, Vlasov
says that the candidate probably got tired and lost his old drive.
http://vestnikkavkaza.net/news/politics/37216.html
From: A. Papazian
Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
Feb 19 2013
Leader of the Heritage Party Raffi Ovannisyan got about 37% of the vote
at the recent presidential polls in Armenia and requested the police
to provide additional security for him. His request was motivated
by numerous reports about attacks on officials of candidates and
journalists. The police have started 24/7 patrolling of his house.
According to reports on February 18, violations of electoral rules
were massive. Ovannisyan was ahead of Sargsyan even in Shirak Province.
Supporters of Ovannisyan plan protests at Freedom Square in the center
of Yerevan at 5.00 pm today. He became the main opposition force
after withdrawal of the Armenian National Congress, Dashnaktsutyun
and prosperous Armenia from the elections.
The CIS and OSCE recognize the victory of President Serzh Sargsyan
at the elections.
Alexander Skakov, coordinator of the working group of the Center
for Studies of the Caucasus and Central Asia of the Institute of
Oriental Studies of the RAS, told Vestnik Kavkaza that the elections
were peaceful.
Alexey Vlasov, Editor-in-Chief of Vestnik Kavkaza, Executive Director
of the North-South Center for Political Analysis, predicts no major
changes in the domestic or foreign policy after the elections. He
assumes that the main intrigue is the success of Yerevan in European
integration and realization of the multi-vector policy. The only
path of Armenia in the security field is cooperation with Russia,
Vlasov says.
Regarding socio-economic cooperation, the efforts to improve ties
with Brussels are obvious, the expert notes.
Explaining the withdrawal of some opposition leaders from the
elections, Vlasov believes that the decision to quit the elections
of Gagik Tsarukyan, leader of the Prosperous Armenia Party, was a
business decision. The expert adds that the candidate could have
gained many political dividends. Regarding first Armenian President
Levon Ter-Petrosyan, leader of the Armenian National Congress, Vlasov
says that the candidate probably got tired and lost his old drive.
http://vestnikkavkaza.net/news/politics/37216.html
From: A. Papazian