February 20, 2003 - 00:05 AMT
4 OPPOSITION CANDIDATES PASSED JOINT STATEMENT
Free and fair presidential elections in Armenia and the country's international authority are endangered. 4 opposition candidates for the president of Armenia - leader of the People party Stepan Demirchian, chairman of "National Unity" party Artashes Geghamian, leader of "National-Democratic Union" Vazgen Manukian, head of "Perspective" center for strategic initiatives Aram Karapetian stated it. In their words, the mass Electoral Code violations revealed by them in the course of the elections gave cause to the candidates' statement.