ARFD to decide between 2 presidential candidates – paper

PanARMENIAN.Net - According to Chorrord Inknishkhanutyun daily, ARF Dashnaktsutyun is attempting to decide on a candidate for the 2013 presidential elections.

The choice is between Armen Rustamyan and Artsvik Minasyan, each of whom has a circle of supporters within a party, the daily says.

No matter how unexpected the candidacy of Minasyan may have sounded to some members of the party, the former is backed by the representative of ARF Dashnaktsusyan Bureau Hrant Margaryan, it says.

Margaryan is confident that during presidential campaign Minasyan will be able to demonstrate his professional advantages as well as the level of political expertise, according to the report.

“Party veterans are unhappy about Rustamyan’s candidacy, believing that that nomination of Robert Kocharian’s protégé will cause a negative response among voters,” the paper concludes