Kocharian Speaks

The Armenian Observer reports that with two days to go before the 19 February presidential election in Armenia, the incumbent and outgoing president, Robert Kocharian, has responded to accusations made by his predecessor, Levon Ter-Petrossian, who already believes he has won next week’s vote.

The interview of the President of Armenia Robert Kocharian with journalists from leading Armenian TV companies – Public TV, H2, Shant, Armenia was broadcast today – which was a major blow to the Presidential candidate, First President of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrossian’s authority with only two days to go before the Armenian voters head to the polling stations.

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At the end of the interview President Kocharian expressed once again his strong support for the Prime-Minister, Presidential candidate Serzh Sargsyan, noting, that only his election as President will make possible further progress in the country and improvement in the life of citizens, whearas in case of election of any other candidates there will be political standoff between the Praliamentary majority, who have control of government, and the newly elected President, who, having much less powers as a result of revisions to the Armenian Constitution in 2005, would find, that his campaign promises are impossible to implement.