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    ELECTION 2007 IS ALREADY ILLEGITIMATE

    Lragir, Armenia
    Nov 27 2006

    Felix Khachatryan, the representative of Ardarutiun Alliance to the
    Central Electoral Commission, stated during the discussion at the
    National Press Club today that even if the parliamentary election in
    2007 is held without ballot stuffing, it can already be considered
    as illegitimate. Felix Khachatryan mentioned that when the Electoral
    Code provision on including judges in the electoral commission was
    defined as unconstitutional, possibility for illegality multiplied.

    According to the representative of the Central Electoral Commission,
    now the judges must be replaced by members, who will be appointed by
    another force. According to the law, the members of the commission
    must be trained. Meanwhile, the deadline for applying for training is
    over, says Felix Khachatryan and concludes that the new force cannot
    appoint members with training to 2000 commissions. Meanwhile, the
    decision of the Constitutional Court that it is unconstitutional to
    include judges in the electoral commissions shows that the ministry of
    justice of Armenia is not competent, because it approved the provision
    on including judges, despite the warnings of the opposition that it
    is unconstitutional.

    Besides, Felix Khachatryan touched upon the referendum on Constitution
    held last year, which was falsified severaly, and stained this
    government, he says. In a year after the referendum Felix Khachatryan
    presented the final record he had refused to sign, saying that
    there were 1 million false votes. This record contains information
    about 10 thousand ballots which were printed but were not taken to
    the polling stations. "Where did they go?" Felix Khachatryan asks a
    year later. Besides, he refers to a record of two polling stations
    in Yerevan about 1700-1800 irregularities, whereas the final general
    record states only 1500 irregularities.
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