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POLITICAL PARTIES NOT JOINING PRESIDENTIAL RACE STILL PASSIVE
TERT.AM
09.01.13
The political parities which previously announced that they are not
going to participate in the February 18 presidential election are
still undecided about guiding their electorate.
Members of the opposition Armenian Revolutionary
Federation-Dashnaksutyun told Tert.am that they haven't held any
discussion or made any decision in that connection.
A spokesperson for the Prosperous Armenia party (PAP), Tigran
Urikhanyan, said they are already informed of their format of joining
the race. "The PAP has said what it had to say in a two-clause
decision, and we have nothing to add," he told our correspondent.
In a statement adopted on December 12, the party, which was formerly
represented in the ruling coalition, said it is not going to field
a candidate or back any of the contender in the upcoming polls. A
secretary for the PAP faction in parliament, Naira Zohrabyan, had
earlier told Tert.am that they will unveil their plans after all the
nominees names are made public.
Our calls to members of the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC)
went unanswered. Leader of the Democratic Motherland party Petros
Makeyan, who is also a member of the alliance's political board,
also appeared to be unaware of the ANC's decision.
As for his party, Makeyan said a board meeting scheduled for Wednesday
was to have made a decision on which candidate to back.
"We have rescheduled the political board session because of the
heavy snowfall as we were also expected to have participants from
the regions," he said, promising that the decision will be made after
the meeting which will probably take place on January 12.
From: A. Papazian
TERT.AM
09.01.13
The political parities which previously announced that they are not
going to participate in the February 18 presidential election are
still undecided about guiding their electorate.
Members of the opposition Armenian Revolutionary
Federation-Dashnaksutyun told Tert.am that they haven't held any
discussion or made any decision in that connection.
A spokesperson for the Prosperous Armenia party (PAP), Tigran
Urikhanyan, said they are already informed of their format of joining
the race. "The PAP has said what it had to say in a two-clause
decision, and we have nothing to add," he told our correspondent.
In a statement adopted on December 12, the party, which was formerly
represented in the ruling coalition, said it is not going to field
a candidate or back any of the contender in the upcoming polls. A
secretary for the PAP faction in parliament, Naira Zohrabyan, had
earlier told Tert.am that they will unveil their plans after all the
nominees names are made public.
Our calls to members of the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC)
went unanswered. Leader of the Democratic Motherland party Petros
Makeyan, who is also a member of the alliance's political board,
also appeared to be unaware of the ANC's decision.
As for his party, Makeyan said a board meeting scheduled for Wednesday
was to have made a decision on which candidate to back.
"We have rescheduled the political board session because of the
heavy snowfall as we were also expected to have participants from
the regions," he said, promising that the decision will be made after
the meeting which will probably take place on January 12.
From: A. Papazian