Candidate Bagratyan to comment on Hayrikyan’s call laterFebruary 9, 2013 - 16:21 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian presidential hopeful Hrant Bagratyan has not commented yet on candidate Paruyr Hayrikyan’s call to get united, Bagratyan’s spokesman said. Karine Harutyunyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter that they will comment on the letter later. Paruyr Hayrikyan earlier addressed an open letter to candidates Raffi Hovannisian and Hrant Bagratyan with a call to join forces. “I was earlier informant of the wish to form a team, which was, however, left unfulfilled. My calls remained unresponded. Both Raffi Hovannisian and Hrant Bagratyan were too busy. A public opinion poll conducted five days ago revealed that Serzh Sargsyan garners 43-45%, with Paruyr Hayrikyan, Hrant Bagratyan and Raffi Hovannisian scoring 5-35%. However, Serzh Sargsyan would gain 30% in case of the unification of the three candidates, with the team of the three getting 67-60%. Nomination of a common candidate would be feasible if I delay the polls for 14 days. In that case, we would be able to garner 80%. We will either win, or lose the battle. I issue a public address. Let all those willing to go to the polls know about the chance of the program implementation you may miss. I urge everyone to use every single chance and convince Raffi Hovannisian and Hrant Bagratyan that our last chance will be a success. All the options of electing a common candidate have been readied,” the letters runs. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow. Power of One Dram sums up two-year program with Teach for Armenia Idram Junior also joined the companies during the visit, bringing with it a fascinating intellectual game for children Moscow slams EU mission in Armenia for “provocative activity” The EU mission is doing more and more against Armenia’s neighbors Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran, Mikhail Galuzin said. Yerevan Mayor to travel to Paris on May 15-19 The official delegation headed by Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan will travel to Paris from May 15 to 19. |