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From: Ina Iankulova (iiankulova@sorosny.org)
Date: Tue Apr 29 2003 - 12:00:24 EDT
DEFEATED ARMENIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BARRED FROM PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION
A Yerevan district election commission has rescinded the registration as a candidate for the 25 May parliamentary elections of Center for Strategic Initiatives head Aram Karapetian, who placed fourth in the February-March presidential election with 2.95 percent of the vote (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 26 February 2003), RFE/RL's Yerevan bureau reported on 28 April. The commission ruled that Karapetian has not lived in Armenia for the past five years as required by the election law. The Central Election Commission did not refuse Karapetian registration for the presidential ballot, candidates for which had to have lived the previous 10 years in Armenia. Grigor Harutiunian, campaign manager of the opposition Artarutiun bloc of which Karapetian is a leading member, condemned the ban as politically motivated. LF
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