The candidate for president will cease his hunger strike after the preliminary assessment of the observers and will make a statement In response to a question of www.aravot.am whether he thought his hunger protest had yielded results, Andrias Ghukasyan, a candidate for president who had been on a hunger strike since January 21, the first day of the presidential election campaign, said: “It is too early to talk about results… the future course of events will show that. I am sure that the hunger strike has had an effect on our political system and statehood.” He talked positively of the meeting with the PACE observers. “They made a positive impression on me; they understood the situation in our country. We exchanged ideas; I think they understand the political situation inside our country.” When asked the next question of www.aravot.am, the candidate for president said that he would cease the hunger strike tomorrow after he got the preliminary assessment of the observers and would make a statement.
