One cannot consider the forthcoming presidential elections in Armenia absolutely uninteresting at least for the reason that the ex-premier Hrant Bagratyan, ex-foreign minister Raffi Hovannisian and the active advocates of Armenia's independence Paruyr Hayrikyan are running in the race, Vardan Bostanjyan, former Armenian MP, member of the Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP), said at today's press conference.
He believes that these names inspire hope for a certain liveliness in the presidential race. In the meantime, Bostanjyan does not consider the specified candidates to be serious competitors for the incumbent President Serzh Sargsyan. "The President of Armenia is a significant personality. With an immense experience in the key posts, Serzh Sargsyan has repeatedly found itself in the most complicated and sometimes hopeless situations since 1988 but has always overcome them", said Bostanjyan.
To note, during a press conference in Feb 2012, Vardan Bostanjyan said that the PAP had no reasons to fail to support Sargsyan's candidacy at the presidential elections. According to the mass media, this statement by Bostanjyan closed his way to the National Assembly of the 5th convocation - his name was not included in the PAP's proportional list during the May 2012 parliamentary elections.