December 6, 2009 - 16:55 AMT
Nikol Pashinyan registers as MP candidate
Armenia's Central Election Committee (CEC) registered Nikol Pashinyan , Haykakan Zhamanak opposition newspaper Editor-in -Chief as parliamentary candidate. Nikol Pashinyan is accused of use of force against authority representative during March 1-2m 2008 riots in Yerevan.

As CEC spokesman Tatev Ohanyan told PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, beside Nikol Pashinyan, three more MP candidates were registered with N10 electoral district: Ara Simonyan (National Unity party), David Hakobyan (Marxist party of Armenia) and Hamayak Hovhannesyan (nonpartisan).

"Nikol Pashinyan submitted all documents required. CEC believes there's no reason do decline Pashnyan's registration as parliamentary candidate," Tatev Ohanyan noted.