YEREVAN, DECEMBER 7, NOYAN TAPAN. The district electoral commission No 10 (Yerevan) on December 5 registered 4 candidates who had sumbitted the required documents - out of 7 candidates nominated to run in the by-election to the RA National Assembly by the majoritarian electoral system on January 10, 2010. These 4 candidates are Nikol Pashinian, non-party man, editor-in-chief of Haykakan Zhamanak daily; Hmayak Hovhanissian, chairman of the Union of Political Scientists; David Hakobian, chairman of the Marxist Party of Armenia; and Ara Simonian, member of "National Unity" party. NT correspondent received this information from chairwoman of the district electoral commission No 10 Silva Markosian. The election campaign in the electoral district No 10 will start on December 7 and last until January 8, 2010 (inclusive). Propaganda for Nikol Pashinian, who is charged with organizing the 1-2 March 2008 events and is currently in prison, will be conducted by the persons empowered to act for him. To recap, the deputy powers of Khachatur Sukiasian elected from electoral district No 10 in the 2007 parliamentary election were terminated ahead of time - due to his resignation.

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