YEREVAN. – The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) convened a headquarters session Friday evening, RPA Spokesperson and National Assembly (NA) Deputy Speaker Eduard Sharmazanov told Armenian News-NEWS.am.  

During the session, incumbent President, RPA leader, and presidential nominee Serzh Sargsyan’s slogan for the February 18 presidential elections was decided on; his slogan will be: “Toward a Secure Armenia.”

As announced earlier, NA Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan will head the RPA Campaign Headquarters, but he will not give up the NA Speaker’s duties during the campaign season. Members of the RPA Executive Body will become Campaign Headquarters members, too, and the Headquarters will have five deputy chiefs.     

“We underscored holding the highest level of elections, it was underscored that these elections must be [conducted] in an exclusively positive climate, [and] they must be the best in the 21-year history of our state,” Eduard Sharmazanov said.