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Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan
Feb 20 2008
Presidential Elections Testify Impossibility of Changing Government
in Armenia Democratically: MP
20.02.08 14:43
Azerbaijan, Baku, 20 February /corr. Trend News I.Alizade / The
presidential elections in Armenia showed that the people who
established their policy and political career on the basis of
military crimes do not intend to transfer power to other forces in a
democratic way.
`Serious falsification took place during the elections. Currently the
forces holding the government protect and hold power, creating
falsifications and violence,' the Chairman of Azerbaijan Democratic
Party, MP Asim Mollazade, reported to Trend on 20 February,
commenting on the results of the presidential elections in Armenia.
The presidential elections took place in Armenia on 19 February.
According to information from the Central Election Commission of
Armenia, 1,641,672 voters or 69.25% of citizens participated in the
elections.
According to the information, the Prime Minister Serj Sarkisyan, who
gained 812,492 votes leads the elections. The first President of
Armenia, Levon Ter Petrosyan, gained 382,371 votes, the former
Chairman of Parliament, Artur Bagdasaryan - 256,686, the candidate
>From Dashnakstun Party, Vaan Ovanisyan - 94,896, Chairman of the
National Democratic Union, Vazgen Manukyan, - 19,446.
The former President of Armenia, Levon Ter Petrosyan, said that the
government falsified the results of the election in favor of the
Prime Minister Serj Sarkisyan.
`It is impossible to change the results of the elections through
street and mass demonstrations. Government forces will not allow mass
demonstrations to be held and will apply force,' Mollazahe said.
He considers that after the Prime Minister Serj Sarkisyan is
president, he will continue the current foreign-political way and
Armenia will remain Russia's `outpost' in the South Caucasus.
According to the MP, Sarkisyan will have neither a negative nor
positive influence on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement. `
Armenia will continue its course of imitation of peaceful talks,'
Mollazade said.
Feb 20 2008
Presidential Elections Testify Impossibility of Changing Government
in Armenia Democratically: MP
20.02.08 14:43
Azerbaijan, Baku, 20 February /corr. Trend News I.Alizade / The
presidential elections in Armenia showed that the people who
established their policy and political career on the basis of
military crimes do not intend to transfer power to other forces in a
democratic way.
`Serious falsification took place during the elections. Currently the
forces holding the government protect and hold power, creating
falsifications and violence,' the Chairman of Azerbaijan Democratic
Party, MP Asim Mollazade, reported to Trend on 20 February,
commenting on the results of the presidential elections in Armenia.
The presidential elections took place in Armenia on 19 February.
According to information from the Central Election Commission of
Armenia, 1,641,672 voters or 69.25% of citizens participated in the
elections.
According to the information, the Prime Minister Serj Sarkisyan, who
gained 812,492 votes leads the elections. The first President of
Armenia, Levon Ter Petrosyan, gained 382,371 votes, the former
Chairman of Parliament, Artur Bagdasaryan - 256,686, the candidate
>From Dashnakstun Party, Vaan Ovanisyan - 94,896, Chairman of the
National Democratic Union, Vazgen Manukyan, - 19,446.
The former President of Armenia, Levon Ter Petrosyan, said that the
government falsified the results of the election in favor of the
Prime Minister Serj Sarkisyan.
`It is impossible to change the results of the elections through
street and mass demonstrations. Government forces will not allow mass
demonstrations to be held and will apply force,' Mollazahe said.
He considers that after the Prime Minister Serj Sarkisyan is
president, he will continue the current foreign-political way and
Armenia will remain Russia's `outpost' in the South Caucasus.
According to the MP, Sarkisyan will have neither a negative nor
positive influence on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement. `
Armenia will continue its course of imitation of peaceful talks,'
Mollazade said.