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  • BEIRUT: Tashnaq Responds To Murr, Says He Requested Distribution Of

    TASHNAQ RESPONDS TO MURR, SAYS HE REQUESTED DISTRIBUTION OF VOTES BETWEEN MOUKHEIBER, RAHBANI

    NowLebanon
    http://www.nowlebanon.com/News ArticleDetails.aspx?ID=99053
    June 17 2009
    Lebanon

    The Central Committee of the Armenian Tashnaq party said in a statement
    issued on Wednesday that 32% of registered Armenian voters cast their
    ballots in the 2007 by-elections between Kataeb party leader Amin
    Gemayel and Change and Reform bloc MP Camille Khoury, and not 28% as
    claimed by MP Michel al-Murr in his press conference held on Tuesday.

    The statement added that the percentage of ballots in the Metn
    district in the 2009 elections increased by 17% compared to 2007,
    something which would logically explain the increase of the Armenian
    participation in the elections.

    "Three days before the elections, Murr asked the Tashnaq to distribute
    their votes equally between the two Orthodox candidates of the Free
    Patriotic Movement," the statement read, a reference to MP Ghassan
    Moukheiber and Ghassan Rahbani, adding that "the party abided by
    Murr's request."

    The statement also read that Murr got 5,000 Armenian ballots, while
    the Tashnaq completely rejected Murr's accusations of using forged
    ID cards in the elections.
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