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NAIRA ZOHHRABYAN: WHAT TOOK PLACE IN AZERBAIJAN CAN BE CALLED ELECTION ONLY WITH RESERVATIONS
ARMENPRESS
NOVEMBER 8, 2010
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 8, ARMENPRESS: Democracy in Azerbaijan is reduced
to zero, Naira Zohrabyan, chairperson of the NA Standing Committee
on European Integration Affairs, member of the Armenian delegation
in the PACE said in an interview with Armenpress, referring to the
parliamentary elections held November 7 in Azerbaijan. According to
her, any election hold in Azerbaijan, be it all-state or of local
self-governing bodies, can be called election only with reservations.
This country's European integration process is of imitational nature,
like the event they call elections," Naira Zohrabyan said, adding that
the event the outcome of which is already known cannot be called an
election. According to her, everybody knows that there is no opposition
in Azerbaijan.
"I hope that the international community will give its rough assessment
to this phenomenon, though we often see that the propagators of
democratic merits are very often led by twofold standards," the
member of the National Assembly said, adding that Azerbaijan is
a country, which is quite far from civilization, about which the
constitutional changes held in that country two years ago prove,
which enable Ilham Aliyev to be a president for life "Of course,
this is not Armenia's problem, but we will voice about this issues
in international structures," Naira Zohrabyan said.
From: A. Papazian
ARMENPRESS
NOVEMBER 8, 2010
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 8, ARMENPRESS: Democracy in Azerbaijan is reduced
to zero, Naira Zohrabyan, chairperson of the NA Standing Committee
on European Integration Affairs, member of the Armenian delegation
in the PACE said in an interview with Armenpress, referring to the
parliamentary elections held November 7 in Azerbaijan. According to
her, any election hold in Azerbaijan, be it all-state or of local
self-governing bodies, can be called election only with reservations.
This country's European integration process is of imitational nature,
like the event they call elections," Naira Zohrabyan said, adding that
the event the outcome of which is already known cannot be called an
election. According to her, everybody knows that there is no opposition
in Azerbaijan.
"I hope that the international community will give its rough assessment
to this phenomenon, though we often see that the propagators of
democratic merits are very often led by twofold standards," the
member of the National Assembly said, adding that Azerbaijan is
a country, which is quite far from civilization, about which the
constitutional changes held in that country two years ago prove,
which enable Ilham Aliyev to be a president for life "Of course,
this is not Armenia's problem, but we will voice about this issues
in international structures," Naira Zohrabyan said.
From: A. Papazian