PRE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN KICKED OFF
Support A1+!The pre-election campaign officially kicked off on January 21. The nine candidates seeking to stand in Armenia’s presidential election are Prime Minister Serzh Sarkissian, deputy parliament speaker Vahan Hovannissian, former President Levon Ter-Petrossian, former parliament speaker Arthur Baghdasarian as well as two other opposition leaders, Artashes Geghamian and Vazgen Manukian. Also on the ballot will be businessman and TV commentator Tigran Karapetian, university lecturer Aram Harutiunian, Arman Melikian, Nagorno-Karabakh’s former permanent representative to Armenia.
Some of the candidates already effectively kicked off their campaign late last year.
The campaign will last till February 17, 2008.
The presidential election is scheduled for February 19.
