Candidates Will ‘Fight For’ Bhk’S Electorate

Candidates Will ‘Fight For’ BHK’S Electorate

05:03 pm | January 16, 2013 | Politics

After his recent meetings in Yerevan and Armenian marzes, Secretary of
the opposition Heritage party, Styopa Safaryan came to the conclusion
that the main struggle in the February 18 presidential election will
be between [incumbent president] Serzh Sargsyan and [Heritage leader]
Raffi Hovannisian.

Mr Safaryan says Serzh Sargsyan and his team will encounter serious
problems during the election as they have not met any of the pledges
made during the May parliamentary election and thus frustrated the
expectations of voters.

This, according to the Heritage representative, significantly increases
the chances of the opposition candidate, because the vast majority
of the public long for changes.

He also observes disappointment with people who expected opposition
forces to field a joint candidate in the election. Mr Safaryan thinks
that opposition candidates should persuade people [through a literate
campaign] to participate in the election. “The opposition has great
chances to beat its rivals if it decides to contest the election,”
he said.

Styopa Safaryan says that the authorities are today concerned about
the votes of the Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK)

“The authorities say that their candidate will receive 70-80% of the
votes and believe that BHK supporters will back their candidate,”
said Mr Safaryan.

From: A. Papazian