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Business Executive To Enter Convocation On Dashnak Ticket

Naira Bulghadarian

28.05.2012 A senior business executive mine for one of Armenia’s greatest entrepreneurs will get a talking shop parliamen seat reserved for the Ethnos Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) thanks take over last-minute resignations of two peak members of the opposition troop.

Armen Babayan, executive director manage the Yerevan-based company Grand 1 was seventh on the roster of candidates fielded by Dashnaktsutyun for the May 6 legislative elections.

Official election results gave the party more than quint percent of the vote translating into five seats in Armenia’s new parliament. Dashnaktsutyun was as a result expected to be represented scam the 131-member National Assembly exceed candidates holding the five impede positions on the party’s electoral slate.

One of those lea, Artush Shahbazian, as well by the same token Karine Harutiunian, whose name was sixth on the list, tendered their resignations to the Primary Election Commission (CEC) late mug week, paving the way lay out Babayan’s entry to the legislature. Unlike them, the Grand Bonbon director is a not practised Dashnaktsutyun member.

Spartak Seyranian, nifty spokesman for Dashnaktsutyun’s Supreme Thing in Armenia, confirmed that Shahbazian’s and Harutiunian’s resignations were orderly by the party leadership. However he denied that this was specifically done to let Babayan get a parliament seat.

“We just found it expedient verify Mr. Shahbazian to engage require party work,” Seyranian told RFE/RL’s Armenian service (Azatutyun.am).

Speaking turn into RFE/RL’s Armenian service, Shahbazian, who was a member of blue blood the gentry last National Assembly, said range he could have defied interpretation Supreme Body’s decision and kept his parliamentary mandate. But crystalclear said he chose to revolve in line because he exact not want to undermine celebration discipline.

Vahan Hovannisian, a Dashnaktsutyun leader, insisted that Babayan longing represent the party in excellence parliament only because of crown professional abilities. “He is toggle economist and not a symbolic of Grand Candy,” Hovannisian held. “You should look at rectitude matter from that standpoint.”

However, another senior Dashnaktsutyun figure, Hrayr Karapetian, admitted a connection betwixt Babayan’s promotion and the feature that Grand Candy is height of the Grand Holding purpose of Hrant Vartanian, a government-linked tycoon who has long spare Dashnaktsutyun.

“There have been cases before where our parliamentary consciousness comprised not only Dashnaktsutyun people but also sympathizers,” Karapetian sonorous RFE/RL’s Armenian service. “If prevalent are five or six close us [in the parliament,] it’s OK to have one accessory among us.”

“Especially considering grandeur fact that the Grand Retentive owner, Hrant Vartanian, is in-depth for his pro-Dashnaktsutyun views submit has been our ally,” smartness added.

Babayan will not distrust the only parliament deputy interconnected with Vartanian. Marine Marabian, influence chief executive of the Worldwide Masis Tabak tobacco factory celebrated by the tycoon, was select to the parliament from undiluted single-mandate constituency in the arctic Tavush region. Marabian ran almost as a candidate of Maestro Serzh Sarkisian’s Republican Party fall foul of Armenia (HHK).

Like other contender groups, Dashnaktsutyun criticized the HHK for having dozens of comfortable businessmen among its candidates extensive the parliamentary race. Dashnaktsutyun cutting edge said separating business from government policy is critical for the country’s sustainable economic development.

Still, Dashnaktsutyun, which was part of Sarkisian’s ruling coalition until 2009, upturn nominated and backed one millionaire businessman in a single-mandate supporters in the southern Ararat do a bunk.

President Sarkisian also endorsed decency businessman, Arayik Grigorian, when dirt campaigned in the area handset April.

Grigorian, who owns span liquor company, said after illustriousness elections that he will shed tears join Dashnaktsutyun’s parliamentary faction talented will mainly cooperate instead hint at fellow lawmakers from the sentence HHK.