“I SHALL STAY TETE-A-TETE WITH SERGE SARGSYAN”
Support A1+!New Times Party (NZhK) leader Aram Karapetyan's first press conference came as a cold shower after the summer holidays.
“The 2008 presidential elections will be comprised of two rounds. I shall stay tкte-а-tкte with Serge Sargsyan in the second round,” Mr. Karapetyan announced today. Then he added that undoubtedly he will defeat Serge Sargsyan.
The NZhK leader doesn't participate at oppositionists' rallies as he is confident of their failure.
He didn't underestimate any oppositional force and assured A1+ that he “will be able to beat Serge Sargsyan in the second round without oppositionists' support.”
Aram Karapetyan says that he is free both politically and financially. “Nobody finances me. I use my own money and I am independent of anyone,” he said.
Karapetyan didn't care that he might be criticized for his announcement by oppositional or pro-government forces and be accused of attempting to split the opposition. Aram Karapetyan is more than convinced that in case Levon T er-Petrosyan is nominated, he won't appear in the second round. “This is my personal viewpoint,” he said without any further comments.
Aram Karapetyan spent his holidays in Austria, Germany, the Chez Republic, and Moscow and had a lot of interesting meetings. During the meetings he came to know the rumors the RA National Security Service had disseminated about him.
“Can you imagine, according to the NSS my mother is Jew and my father is not dead. I am engaged in drug sale and my brother is a wanted criminal,” the NZhK leader concluded.
