"Hraparak" newspaper writes: "Although the media wrote yesterday that the acting president Andranik Kocharyan has also nominated for the position of chairman of the National Defense Committee, but we learned from our source that he did not run because he knows who they will elect and he does not want to end up in Alen Simonyan's situation. And the nomination deadline was yesterday.
According to information, Armen Khachatryan, Hakob Simidyan have been nominated, they are also talking about Vilen Gabrielyan, although he stubbornly denied that he will not be nominated 2 days ago. Kocharyan himself made statements in a briefing with journalists in the National Assembly a few days ago. He said that if the issue of candidacy for that position is resolved in the faction, he will be nominated. It is known that the issue will not be decided in the faction, but in the CP department. According to those close to him, Kocharyan did not run, considering that the party's governing body, the department, will give preference to party members, and he is non-party member.
More details in today's issue of the newspaper
