ARF Dashnaktsutyun (ARFD) member, former Deputy Defense Minister Artur Aghabekian has resolved not to run for parliament.
“Armenian public notices only personal benefit in interlocutor’s speech. I will henceforth address people without a mandate and its expectation. Our nation must attach great importance to ARFD role, securing at least 20 percent of its political presence in the National Assembly,” the official said in an interview with Zhoghovurd paper.
Asked whether ARFD simply might have excluded him from its electoral list, Mr. Aghabekian answered, “There is no such a problem.”
