CANDIDATE FOR DEPUTY HMAYAK HOVHANNISIAN WITHDRAWS HIS CANDIDATURE
NOYAN TAPAN
DECEMBER 28, 2009
YEREVAN
Candidate for RA NA deputy, Chairman of the Union of Political
Scientists Hmayak Hovhannisian, on December 28, officially withdrew
his candidature and handed his candidate’s certificate. Noyan Tapan
was informed about it by chairwoman of electoral district commission
N 10 Silva Markosian.
It should be mentioned that H. Hovhannisian had repeatedly declared
his intention of withdrawing his candidature in the established term,
until December 31, for Haykakan Zhamanak newspaper’s editor-in-chief
Nikol Pashinian accused of organization of the 2008 March events
and currently being imprisoned. He had also applied to electoral
district’s voters calling them for voting for N. Pashinian.
Thus, N. Pashinian, Marxist Party of Armenia Chairman David Hakobian,
and National Unity party member Ara Simonian will take part in the
by-elections by the majority system to be held on January 10 2010 at
electoral district N 10.
It should be mentioned that the deputy powers of Khachatur Sukiasian
elected in the 2007 parliamentary elections from electoral district N
10 were stopped ahead of the schedule on the basis of his application
on resignation.