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ELECTION DEPOSIT IS A WAY TO AVOID ARBITRARY CANDIDATES. CEC PRESIDENT
18:23, 14 January, 2013
YEREVAN, JANUARY 14, ARMENPRESS: President of Armenian Central
Electoral Commission Tigran Mukuchyan considers statements of some
candidates for the post of the president to be the result of arbitrary
comments on Electoral Code of Armenia. Armenpress quoted CEC President
as saying during January 14 briefing with journalists.
"In case, as a specialist, I used to have some doubts than now
I acknowledge that both the deposit and the signatures give an
opportunity to avoid arbitrary candidates, those who come to stress
the importance of their person," he said. Mukuchyan reminded that AMD
5 million deposit and signatures of 35 000 people had been replace
by AMD 8 million.
Mukuchyan believes if a person is really making a petition and not
just creating names, surnames and false passport numbers than he will
spend more money than AMD 3 million added to the deposit.
15 people were initially going to run in the presidential race,
therefor only 8 candidates have paid AMD 8 million deposit:
President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, former Prime Minister Hrant
Bagratyan, leader of Heritage party Raffi Hovhannisian, leader of
Self-Determination Union Paruyr Hayrikyan, leader of National Accord
party Aram Harutyunyan, former Foreign Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh
Republic Arman Melikyan, political expert Andrias Ghukasyan, historian
Vartan Sedrakyan.
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/704959/election-deposit-is-a-way-to-avoid-arbitrary-candidates-cec-president.html
18:23, 14 January, 2013
YEREVAN, JANUARY 14, ARMENPRESS: President of Armenian Central
Electoral Commission Tigran Mukuchyan considers statements of some
candidates for the post of the president to be the result of arbitrary
comments on Electoral Code of Armenia. Armenpress quoted CEC President
as saying during January 14 briefing with journalists.
"In case, as a specialist, I used to have some doubts than now
I acknowledge that both the deposit and the signatures give an
opportunity to avoid arbitrary candidates, those who come to stress
the importance of their person," he said. Mukuchyan reminded that AMD
5 million deposit and signatures of 35 000 people had been replace
by AMD 8 million.
Mukuchyan believes if a person is really making a petition and not
just creating names, surnames and false passport numbers than he will
spend more money than AMD 3 million added to the deposit.
15 people were initially going to run in the presidential race,
therefor only 8 candidates have paid AMD 8 million deposit:
President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, former Prime Minister Hrant
Bagratyan, leader of Heritage party Raffi Hovhannisian, leader of
Self-Determination Union Paruyr Hayrikyan, leader of National Accord
party Aram Harutyunyan, former Foreign Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh
Republic Arman Melikyan, political expert Andrias Ghukasyan, historian
Vartan Sedrakyan.
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/704959/election-deposit-is-a-way-to-avoid-arbitrary-candidates-cec-president.html