Tuesday, 03 June 2003

ARMENIAN PRESIDENT SATISFIED WITH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION OUTCOME

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A spokesman for President Robert Kocharian told RFE/RL on 2 June that Kocharian is content with the results of the 25 May parliamentary election in which parties loyal to the president gained 70 of the 131 seats. He said talks are under way with various political forces, without specifying which ones, and affirmed that \"it is possible to form a majority in the National Assembly that will work effectively and for a long time.\" Also on 2 June, the pro-presidential Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutiun (HHD), whose spokesmen claim it polled significantly more than the 11.
A spokesman for President Robert Kocharian told RFE/RL on 2 June that Kocharian is content with the results of the 25 May parliamentary election in which parties loyal to the president gained 70 of the 131 seats. He said talks are under way with various political forces, without specifying which ones, and affirmed that \"it is possible to form a majority in the National Assembly that will work effectively and for a long time.\" Also on 2 June, the pro-presidential Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutiun (HHD), whose spokesmen claim it polled significantly more than the 11.4 percent of the vote officially computed, said it is prepared to continue its participation in the government despite the falsification of the poll outcome by Prime Minister Andranik Markarian\'s Republican Party of Armenia, RFE/RL\'s Yerevan bureau reported. (RFE/RL)
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