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From: Ina Iankulova (iiankulova@sorosny.org)
Date: Wed Apr 23 2003 - 12:58:01 EDT
ARMENIAN PRESIDENT SAYS HE HOPES FOR SUPPORT OF NEW PARLIAMENT
President Kocharian also told students on 22 April that the support of the new parliament to be elected on 25 May is essential for him to implement his election-campaign program, RFE/RL's Yerevan bureau reported. "We have to have a parliament...that will not oppose the president," Kocharian said. "That means it is very desirable for us, and I think for the country, to have a parliament where political forces supporting the president have a substantial majority." Prime Minister Andranik Markarian, whose Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) backs Kocharian, said on 21 April that his party is determined to win the elections, according to Armenpress on 22 April, as cited by Groong. The HHK is the largest single faction in the outgoing parliament with 38 of the 131 seats. LF
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