Candidates submit letters of withdrawal to Central Electoral Commission
Levon Ter-Petrosyan, the first President of the Republic of Armenia, Leader of the Armenian National Congress (HAK) and the first representative on the HAK's list of candidates for the proportional vote, submitted a letter of withdrawal to the Central Electoral Commission (CEC).
Talking to A1+, CEC Spokesperson Hermine Harutyunyan said letters of withdrawal were also submitted by Artur Baghdasaryan, the first-line proportional candidate of the Rule of Law Party (OEK), Minister of Agriculture Sergo Karapetyan and Minister of Emergency Situations Armen Yeritsyan, who are the 3rd and 4th on the OEK list respectively.
Heritage (Zharangutyun) Party member Larisa Alaverdyan, who was the 41st on the party's proportional list, also submitted a letter of withdrawal.
CEC spokesperson also informed us that MP candidates can submit letters of withdrawal at any moment and there is not any deadline specified for it by the Electoral Code.
