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Lawyer Vahan Hovhannisyan submits request for delisting from "Strong  Armenia" bloc`s electoral list

Lawyer Vahan Hovhannisyan submits request for delisting from "Strong  Armenia" bloc`s electoral list

ArmInfo.Lawyer Vahan Hovhannisyan has announced that he has filed a formal request with the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Armenia for delisting from Samvel Karapetyan's "Strong Armenia" bloc.

Today, I submitted a petition to the Central Electoral Commission to remove myself from the "Strong Armenia" bloc's election list. 

From now on, I will continue to focus on human rights and advocacy  activities, which are critically needed in Armenia," the lawyer  announced on his Facebook page.

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