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WHICH OF THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES WILL ARF SUPPORT?
Panorama.am
16:21 10/01/2013
What is for a political party not to nominate a candidate for
presidential elections, especially for a party that has active
political biography of many years? Panorama.am has interviewed ARF
Dashnaktsutyun parliamentary faction member Artsvik Minasyan on
the matter.
- Mr Minasyan, is ARF going to boycott the presidential elections?
- No, because to boycott means to be indifferent to elections. But
we, on the contrary, call on citizens to take an active part in the
elections: to vote for their preferred candidate or to vote against
all candidates. Participation in presidential elections is a necessity
because, nevertheless, changes should take place through elections.
- Is ARF Dashnaktsutyun planning to address its electorate?
- ARF Supreme Assembly's decision and statement specified our
position: if necessary, ARF Supreme Body has a possibility to come
up with a statement in this period so as to orient its co-partisans
and voters who support it. We keep to what the statement said and
ARF Supreme Body has not decided anything else.
- Do you think the Supreme Assembly's decision could be changed
according to developments, or you do not expect any serious
developments?
- Depending on the situation, there will be discussions and we will
act accordingly. Currently, our exact position is that Dashnaktsutyun
does not support the ruling power. As for supporting other candidates,
it will become clear during our discussions.
Panorama.am
16:21 10/01/2013
What is for a political party not to nominate a candidate for
presidential elections, especially for a party that has active
political biography of many years? Panorama.am has interviewed ARF
Dashnaktsutyun parliamentary faction member Artsvik Minasyan on
the matter.
- Mr Minasyan, is ARF going to boycott the presidential elections?
- No, because to boycott means to be indifferent to elections. But
we, on the contrary, call on citizens to take an active part in the
elections: to vote for their preferred candidate or to vote against
all candidates. Participation in presidential elections is a necessity
because, nevertheless, changes should take place through elections.
- Is ARF Dashnaktsutyun planning to address its electorate?
- ARF Supreme Assembly's decision and statement specified our
position: if necessary, ARF Supreme Body has a possibility to come
up with a statement in this period so as to orient its co-partisans
and voters who support it. We keep to what the statement said and
ARF Supreme Body has not decided anything else.
- Do you think the Supreme Assembly's decision could be changed
according to developments, or you do not expect any serious
developments?
- Depending on the situation, there will be discussions and we will
act accordingly. Currently, our exact position is that Dashnaktsutyun
does not support the ruling power. As for supporting other candidates,
it will become clear during our discussions.