[ last updated 16:52 ] Former President Levon Ter-Petrosian publicly pressed fellow opposition candidate Artur Baghdasarian to back his presidential bid and claimed to have strong support within the state apparatus on Wednesday as he took his election campaign to southeastern Armenia.
[ last updated 16:57 ] Armenia’s electronic media have long been loyal to the government, and there is nothing unusual about their highly positive coverage of Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian’s election campaign. What is unusual is the fact that Armenian state television and the more than a dozen national private networks take one day to prepare and broadcast reports on his campaign rallies.
[ last updated 16:59 ] Opposition candidate Vazgen Manukian angrily rejected calls to bow out of the presidential race in favor of his longtime rival, former President Levon Ter-Petrosian, during a rare campaign trip outside Yerevan on Wednesday.
[ last updated 16:51 ] “It is obvious that as of today, the only presidential candidate who has sufficient international authority and political will to end the blockade of Armenia is Levon Ter-Petrosian,” editorializes “Aravot.”
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