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    ArmenPress
    April 21 2004

    FORMER PRIME MINISTER SETS UP NGO TO PROPAGATE FAIR ELECTIONS

    YEREVAN, APRIL 21, ARMENPRESS: A former Armenian prime minister,
    Armen Darbinian, told a constituent meeting of a new non-governmental
    organization, Dignified Future, that it will work to promote
    establishment of an electoral system that would meet international
    standards.
    Addressing the delegates of the meeting, the former prime
    minister, who is now rector of Russian-Armenian (Slavonic)
    University, said the non-governmental organization was not an
    initiative of a same-name political party of which he is chairman.
    The goal of the movement, he said, is to start the process of
    national reconciliation. He said the new organization is open to all
    individuals, politicians and forces concerned with the level of
    national election institutions.
    The organization intends to launch a large-scale explanatory work
    among people to raise their awareness about electoral process and
    their key importance for democracy consolidation.
    IA statement, issued today, the new organization said its creation
    was prompted by "unhealthy climate brought in by virtually all
    national elections, marred by vote rigging and other fraud, held in
    Armenia in the last ten years."
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