RA first President's team announces victoryFebruary 19, 2008 - 22:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Head of Levon Ter-Petrosyan's headquarters, Alexander Arzumanyan said today in Yerevan that "we won the presidential election in Armenia.""We won the elections despite all efforts of the cleptocratic regime. This is the popular victory and I want to congratulate our people," he said. "The authorities will do their best to mar the elections but people know the reality." According to Gevorg Melikyan, deputy chair of Alliance civil initiative, which conducted exit-poll, Levon Ter-Petrosyan is leading the race with 37,7% of votes. "3055 people were questioned at 100 polling stations. Serzh Sargsyan garnered some 35,4%. Then come Artur Baghdassaryan with 15,5%, Vahan Hovhannisian with 6.4%, Vazgen Manukyan with 2,9%, Artashes Geghamyan with 1,3%, Tigran Karapetyan with 1,2%, Arman Melikyan with 0,2%," he said. Tomorrow, Levon Ter-Petrosyan's supporters are gathering at Matenadarn at 3 p.m. "to celebrate their shattering victory." Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |