Vazgen Manukian considers unrealistic that the Armenian Prime Minister
or any of the oppositional candidates will win in the first round of
elections
January 28, 2008
Yerevan /Mediamax/. Among the oppositional candidates, who entered the
struggle for the position of the Armenian President, there are no
obvious favorites, candidate for the position of the President, Leader
of the National-Democratic Union (NDU) Vazgen Manukian stated in
Yerevan today.
Mediamax reports that Vazgen Manukian described as `unrealistic’ the
victory of the Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian or any of the
oppositional candidates in the first round of the elections.
NDU Leader expressed readiness to participate in the public debates
with Levon Ter-Petrosian and Serzh Sarkisian. He also welcomed the
balanced coverage of the pre-election campaign by the Armenian TV
Channels, `even if it takes place by the order of the West’.