LAWYER: PARUYR HAYRIKYAN WILL DECIDE WHETHER TO CONTINUE HIS PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OR NOT
ARMINFO
Friday, February 1, 12:42
Paruyr Hayrikyan, candidate for president of Armenia, Leader of the
Union for National Self-Determination Party, has not yet decided
whether to continue his presidential campaign or not after the
assassination attempt against him overnight. Hayrikyan’s lawyer Levon
Baghdasaryan made such statement to ArmInfo.
“Hayrikyan will make a decision on the given issue on his own,”
Baghdasaryan said in response to the question on possible postponement
of the election. He said that Hayrikyan feels better and even joking.
The assassination attempt against Paruyr Hayrikyan, candidate
for president of Armenia, Leader of the Union for National
Self-Determination Party, was made in the Tpagrichnery Street in
Yerevan overnight. Hayrikyan was hospitalized with a gunshot wound
in shoulder.
A criminal case was initiated on Article 34-305 of the Criminal Code
of Armenia (assassination attempt against a statesman, political
figure or public worker in order to stop his activity).
Besides Hayrikyan, the presidential candidates are as follows:
incumbent president Serzh Sargsyan from the Republican Party and
former prime minister Hrant Bagratyan from the Liberty Party, Leader of
Heritage Party Raffi Hovannisian, Advisor for Political Issues of the
Refugees and the International Law Civil Society Network, ex-foreign
minister of NKR Arman Melikyan, Leader of National Accord Party Aram
Haroutiunyan, political expert Andrias Ghukasyan, and specialist in
epic Vardan Sedrakyan. The elections will be held on Feb 18 2013.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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