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    "REAL ELECTIONS ARE THE KEY TO STRENGTHENING ARMENIA"

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    [07:16 pm] 17 January, 2008

    Armen Rustamyan, head of the ARF headquarters announced today:
    "Real elections are the key to strengthening Armenia, and only by
    the conscious vote of each citizen we can have real elections". The
    ARF candidate Vahan Hovhanissyan's headquarter will work with the
    consciousness of the mentioned formula. The pre-election headquarters
    will comprise central headquarters, regional, community and district
    headquarters.

    According to Armen Rustamyan, the party will have 1923 headquarters
    in the RA territory. They have 10 million drams in the pre-election
    found and it will reach to 70 million drams and will not surpass
    permitted limit.

    As to the agreements, which the RA citizens sign with Vahan
    Hovhannisyan, their number is 117 thousand, but the process will be
    carried out till the day of elections.

    Armen Rustamyan underlined the importance of political debates, which
    will not only reveal the candidates, but will give better opportunity
    voters to compare them and will make the candidates repeat their
    promises another time from the TV, so that they will not forget them
    when elected. Vahan Hovhannisyan will participate in all meetings -
    in the cities, regions, communities. The ARF is going to visit each
    village during the campaign.

    Armen Rustamyan prioritized control during the election process,
    and the control should be implemented by all political powers. They
    are willing to collaborate with all those powers which will combat
    against election frauds. Armen Rustamyan does not doubt that election
    frauds will be carried out.

    They will appeal to court if they have evidences on frauds. "But we
    are not headed by the version that if our candidate is not elected,
    then election is rigged.

    In this case we may declare that the election is already rigged,
    since 9 candidates cannot become presidents at the same time",
    considers Armen Rustamyan.

    He already has facts that some high-ranking officials abuse their
    positions. They are gathering facts and if those officials do not quit
    their illegal activities, they will announce the names of perpetrators,
    date and place.

    The ARF will punish those party members who will not obey the
    headquarters' orders. Armen Rustamyan also prioritized activity of
    electorate: "We call electorate and other powers to follow their
    electoral rights, since real elections can be anticipated by the
    voters' active participation".

    "IMPROPER APPEAL"

    Armen Rustamyan considers Yerevan Mayor's appeal not to hold gatherings
    improper. "We will not obey the Mayor's appeal. Armenia is in the
    pre-election process and all officials should realize that political
    powers should use their legal and constitutional competences properly".

    The ARF is ready to shift the field; particularly it has experience
    in working in oppositional and authorities' fields. "We have been in
    both fields, while altering the fields we do not later our principles
    and ideas, we change only methods".

    Armen Rustamyan also underlined the essence of victory. "But it is
    more important how real the victory will be".
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