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From: Giorgi Kandelaki (GKandelaki@sorosny.org)
Date: Fri Jun 28 2002 - 13:36:27 EDT
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN KICKS OFF IN NKR. Incumbent Arkadii
Ghukasian announced on 24 June that he plans to seek a second term as
president of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic in the ballot
scheduled for 11 August, according to Arminfo on 25 June as cited by
Groong. The local Communist Party and the Armenakan party have
expressed their support for Ghukasian, Interfax reported on 27 June.
The opposition Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutiun has
not yet nominated a candidate, or declared whether or not it will do
so, compounding rumors that it will not oppose Ghukasian (see "RFE/RL
Newsline," 13 June 2002). The public organization "Unity" will decide
at a congress on 6 July whether to nominate a presidential candidate.
Ghukasian polled some 85 percent of the vote in 1997, defeating two
rival candidates (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 2 September 1997). LF
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