PPA secretary Grigor Harutiunyan informed the journalists yesterday that the party intended unifying and Stepan Demirchyan’s nomination as a unified candidate is not obligatory for the party. He also told that the PPA has its candidate and power to participate in the presidential elections held in 2008. PPA has participated in previous two presidential elections and received the majority of votes. « We will participate in presidential elections by all means». And if the opposition\’s unification doesn\’t happen, in Grigor Harutiunyan\’s opinion, PPA knows what to do in this case, too. «We have an experience to participate separately».
PPA leader also spoke about First President Ter-Petrosyan\’s possible nomination saying: «We higly appreciate Levon ter-Petrosyan\’s experience, who also can unify but anyway… Levon Ter-Petrosyan himself has said nothing about it (he means his candidacy). Mr. Harutiunyan has told on the occassion of Levon Ter-Petrosyan\’s and Stepan Demirchyan\’s meeting: «Once he has met on Levon Ter-Petrosyan\’s request… They have presented the approaches, have worried about the situation in te country.