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ARMENIAN PRESIDENT THANKS VOTERS FOR RE-ELECTION
Global Times, China
Feb 19 2013
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Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan on Tuesday thanked voters' trust
and confidence placed in him in Monday's presidential election to
secure him a second term.
In a televised speech, he promised the public that his government
would strive for economic development in the country and his ruling
Republican Party of Armenia would cooperate with other political
parties to achieve that goal.
Preliminary tally released by the Armenian Central Electoral Commission
(CEC) showed that Sargsyan obtained 58.64 percent of the total votes.
The CEC's latest tally also showed that 1,518,407 of the 2,528,463
registered voters cast their votes on Monday, with a turnout rate of
60.05 percent.
Sargsyan was followed by former Armenian Foreign Minister Raffi
Hovannisian, who leads the opposition Heritage Party, with 36.75
percent of the vote.
The CEC has finalized counting votes from all the 1,988 ballot stations
across the country early Tuesday.
Sargsyan was first elected president in 2008.
The Armenian constitution limits a president's service to two
consecutive five-year terms.
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/762618.shtml
Global Times, China
Feb 19 2013
By Agencies Share on twitterShare on facebookShare on sinaweiboShare
on linkedinMore Sharing Services0 E-mail Print
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan on Tuesday thanked voters' trust
and confidence placed in him in Monday's presidential election to
secure him a second term.
In a televised speech, he promised the public that his government
would strive for economic development in the country and his ruling
Republican Party of Armenia would cooperate with other political
parties to achieve that goal.
Preliminary tally released by the Armenian Central Electoral Commission
(CEC) showed that Sargsyan obtained 58.64 percent of the total votes.
The CEC's latest tally also showed that 1,518,407 of the 2,528,463
registered voters cast their votes on Monday, with a turnout rate of
60.05 percent.
Sargsyan was followed by former Armenian Foreign Minister Raffi
Hovannisian, who leads the opposition Heritage Party, with 36.75
percent of the vote.
The CEC has finalized counting votes from all the 1,988 ballot stations
across the country early Tuesday.
Sargsyan was first elected president in 2008.
The Armenian constitution limits a president's service to two
consecutive five-year terms.
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/762618.shtml