"Prosperous Armenia" Satisfied With The Campaign

"PROSPEROUS ARMENIA" SATISFIED WITH THE CAMPAIGN

ArmRadio.am
23.04.2007 16:46

"Prosperous Armenia" Party (PAP) expects success during the upcoming
parliamentary elections, Spokesman of the Party Baghdasar Mheryan
stated during a briefing in Yerevan today.

He noted that according to survey data, the party enjoys the support
of, at least,one third of the population. Mr. Mheriyn refuted
the statements of a number of opposition forces on bribing the
voters. According to him, the benevolent actions of Gagik Tsarukyan
Fund and his family have nothing to do which the election campaign.

Member of the PAP Political Council Gerasim Barseghian informed that
surveys have been conducted by the order of the leadership of the
party, the data of which are meant for exclusively internal use and
will not be publicized. "I can only say that, according to the results
of the latest polls, our party occupies a quite advantageous position
and is one of the leaders of the parliamentary race," he stated.

Member of the Political Council of PAP Aram Safarian informed that the
leadership of the party has already held meetings with the observers
from the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly and PACE PA, today the
meeting with the representatives of the OSCE Mission is expected to
take place. According to him, "the observers are interested in the
structure and the strong potential of " Prosperous Armenia" as a
newly-established, but a solid party".

Aram Safarian noted that at this stage the PAP does not hold meetings
with other political forces, as it sees no necessity to do so. The
party is engaged in clean-up of voting lists, he stated. "The PAP
intends to hold active large-scale pre-election events and meetings
with the electors all over the country, the wreath of which will
be the impressive meeting in Yerevan," Aram Safarian stated, not
excluding the likelihood that the leader of the party Gagik Tsarukian
may participate in TV-debates.