Hopeful Bagratyan sets terms for uniting with HayrikyanFebruary 10, 2013 - 18:17 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - If Paruyr Hayrikyan offers to choose a common candidate to run for President, he should first of all withdraw his own candidacy, another hopeful and Armenia’s former Prime Minister Hrant Bagratyan said. Besides, he said that candidates spent huge amounts of money on their election campaigns and the common candidate “is obliged to reimburse them.” “A common candidate should pledge that he will not congratulate incumbent President Serzh Sargsyan in case the latter wins the election,” Bagratyan said, noting that recently one of the hopefuls stated he will congratulate the winner. Bagratyan said Hayrikyan’s offer is being discussed but the media won’t be informed unless the final result is reached. On Sunday, Feb 10, Hayrikyan, who survived an assassination attempt on Jan 31, addressed the country’s Constitutional Court with an appeal to postpone the elections for two weeks. On his Facebook page, he called on two other candidates - Raffi Hovannisian and Hrant Bagratyan – to unite to nominate a common candidate to continue the election campaign. Earlier, Hayrikyan made a similar offer to hopeful Andrias Ghukasyan, who is on hunger strike protesting registration of current leader Sarsgyan as a presidential candidate. Top stories Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Partner news | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life, Strong Mind IDBank and Idram summarize the results of the May program of “The Power of One Dram”. |