SAMVEL BABAYAN AND GARIK MARTIROSYAN HAVE LIVED IN ARMENIA FOR % YEARS

The Central Electoral Commission decided this way and registered their candidacy. CEC didn’t refuse anyone.

24 parties and one alliance will participate in the elections but with fewer candidates. It became clear during CEC sitting yesterday that only four political forces /”National Unity”, “National Accordance”, Prosperous Armenia and Marxist Party/ haven’t changed their lists for proportional electoral system. There is one change in RPA list, he is Andranik Margaryan.

The reason of other changes is the lack of documents necessary for registration. Four persons have been out of NDP list, nine persons from “Dashink”, 5 persons from “Heritage”, 4 from People’s Party, 4 from “People’s way” Party. Nine persons are out of the list of “Impeachment” alliance and four members from ARF. Progressive Party and Democratic Party of Armenia lost one person each, Youth Party lost 3 members, PPA lost 5 members. 13 persons were out of ANM list, 6 persons were out of “Republic” and ULP lists, and 4 are from “New Times”. 11 persons were out of “Rule of Law” Party list; among them was Victor Martirosyan, the former rector of European regional university who also stopped his majority struggle in Vayots Dzor. The next was NA parliamentarian Gagik Avetyan who was the 32^nd in the list. Gagik Avetyan replied to “Aravot’s” question about the reasons of being out: “Simply I haven’t wanted”.

There were no objections for the registration of these members, except MIAK and “Dashink”. In both cases “Justice” representative Felix Khachatryan raised objections. The source of Gagik Martirosyan’s income, which is the participant of “Comedy Club” and second in the MIAK list isn’t mentioned in the document. “He has written in the application that he has been working in Moscow since April 5, 2005. If he earns his salary in Moscow, there is a problem of permanent living in RA,”- Felix Khachatryan noted. But for the members of commission the mentioned place of his employment was enough.

As for Samvel Babayan, Felix Khachatryan’s objection referred to the reference, which proves that he has been living in Armenia for the last 5 years. According to it, Samvel Babayan lived in Stepanakert from January 1994 to September, 2006. Felix Khachatryan says: “This is a reference which shows that Samvel Babayan hasn’t lived in RA permanently during the last 5 years”. Felix Kachatryan  proposed CEC to produce the reference in a right form within 48 hours but his proposal was refused. Only Sona Sargsyan, OEP new appointed representative in CEC agreed with V. Khachatryan and explained her decision in this way: “As this reference was different from the others I was for additional clarifications. There is no political pretext here.” In ARF representative in CEC Hamlet Abrahamyan’s opinion: “If  Samvel Babayan brought a reference that he was RA citizen but lived near Vana Surb Khach Church, I would agree with Mr. Khachatryan”.