The Armenian Saakashvili?
Having taken a brief look at three political figures, Raffi Hovannisian, Vazgen Manoukian and Levon Ter Petrosian, being put forward by various opposition parties as a possible common candidate to run in the 2008 presidential election, it’s now time to look at the fourth. There is no particular order in looking at any of these candidates although former Speaker of the National Assembly and Orinats Yerkir party leader, Artur Baghdasarian, announced his intention to run before this presidential election blog was launched.
Indeed, not only did Baghdasarian beat all the other possible candidates to the post, but he also pre-empted the 12 May parliamentary election by identifying it as a launchpad to next year’s vote. Moreover, in addition to the Wall Street Journal, other international media outlets covered his potential bid as early as the end of last year. Yesterday, for example, I found an article on Baghdasarian’s 2008 presidential ambitions in the December 2006 issue of Foreign Direct Investment (fDi).
The full post is here.
