EX-CANDIDATE URGES TO PREVENT PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION

February 28, 2013 – 17:04 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – A former candidate in Armenia~Rs presidential
elections, literature expert Vardan Sadrakyan refuses to acknowledge
Serzh Sargsyan’s victory at the February 18 polls.

As Sedrakyan told a news conference, discussing other candidates~R
votes is pointless since the poll results were rigged. Sedrakyan
further called to prevent the swearing in ceremony so that new, fair
elections could be organized. ~SI~Rll be the first to congratulate
Sargsyan if he wins in fair elections,~T Sedrakyan said.

The ex-candidate said he~Rll attend the March 1 rally at Myasnikyan
Square in commemoration of the victims of the 2008 incident and urged
against politicizing the event.