“The ruling government is in frenzy”
"Non-partisans of Armenia, unite!"-this is the slogan for president of the Union of Politicians Hmayak Hovhannisyan who still hasn't registered to run for deputy by the majoritarian order at the #10 precinct.
During a press conference at the "Artsakh" club today, Hovhannisyan reiterated that he is going to run for office and will not reject his nomination for somebody, despite the rumors flying around. Hmayak Hovhannisyan is going to run for office by civil initiative.
Let us remind that the post has been vacant since Khachatur Sukiasyan dropped his deputy mandate at the #10 precinct.
The president of the Union of Politicians only regrets that he had not run for office during the 2007 parliamentary elections.
According to him, the ruling government was in frenzy after Hovhannisyan announced that he was going to run for office and that is why the Central Electoral Commission has not appointed the time-frames for elections to this day. "By law, the NA Chairman had to appeal to the CEC Chairman within 5 days to inform that there was a vacant spot and after that, the CEC had to announce the nomination, the deadlines for registration and the day of elections. But they didn't do that," says Hovhannisyan.
Why is Hmayak Hovhannisyan tying that to him? In response, he said: "To this day, I am the only one who has announced that he is going to run for office."
Rumor has it that chairman of the Armenian Progressive Party Tigran Urikhanyan and Vahan Babayan from the MIAK party are also running for office at this precinct.
Press secretary for the CEC Tatev Ohanyan told "A1+" that the date for the vote has not been announced and the CEC just received the protocol from the National Assembly last night.
