ARF Bureau representative Hrant Markaryan announced on Monday that the ARF will take part in the upcoming Armenian presidential elections with its own candidate.
“We’re going to have our own candidate and this means that we are not going to back any other candidate,” said H. Markaryan, clarifying that their candidate is not going to be Armenian Defense Minister Serge Sarkisyan. As for Vartan Oskanyan, Markaryan said that if the Foreign Minister appeals, they will consider and accept him based on the order of the ARF.