Kocharian not to vote in Armenian presidential election

Kocharian not to vote in Armenian presidential election
February 18, 2013 - 09:23 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia’s second President Robert Kocharian will not cast ballot in the ongoing presidential election in the country.

“Mr. Kocharian is abroad at the moment,” spokesman Viktor Soghomonyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

1988 polling stations opened in 41 constituencies across the republic at 8 am local time on Feb 18 and will close at 8 pm. The total number of voters is 2 505 980.

7 candidates are running for the post of Armenian president: chairman of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), incumbent president Serzh Sargsyan, Heritage party chairman Raffi Hovannisian, leader of Freedom party, former prime minister Hrant Bagratyan, former foreign minister of Nagorno Karabakh Republic Arman Melikyan, National Self-Determination Union party head Paruyr Hayrikyan, Radio Hay director Andrias Ghukasyan and literature expert Vardan Sedrakyan.

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