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700,000 VOTES FOR GOVERNMENT
Arman Galoyan
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/interview25663.html
Published: 15:08:04 - 02/04/2012
Interview with Movses Aristakesyan, economist, member of the Armenian
National Congress, member of the social and political initiative
"Power of people",
According to the recent census, the population of Armenia decreased
while the number of voters increased in the voters' register. Would
you please comment on this fact as an expert who worked in the National
Statistics Service?
Those who are in power have learnt by heart the quote by the famous
American writer and thinker Mark Twain: "There are three kinds of
lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." Those who steal the votes
used the population census of 2011 to this end. Breaking the law, they
counted soldiers twice - first in the areas where they are registered,
second in the military units where they serve. In order to ensure
their victory, they also counted people who live outside the country.
According to the acting legislation, people who have been absent from
the country for more than six months should not be counted during the
census, while those who registered the citizens were instructed to
fill in data on people out of the country with a pencil. So, in the
result of this fraud the actual population of the country was said to
be 2,871,000, while the registered number of the population was said
to be 3,285,000 compared with 3 million people and 3,458,000 in 2001
respectively. In other words, it was stated that 173 thousand people
have left the country. This is a lie, a damned lie, even worse.
Do you think more people have left Armenia?
When rigging the data on the population, the falsifiers forget about
the official statements of their Prime Minister. In this regard, they
need to remember his worries relating to the demographic state of
the country which he voiced on December 4, 2011 during the economic
seminar of the Republican Party. According to him, we have an aging
population one of the reasons of which is the dropping birth rate.
According to Tigran Sargsyan, emigration of 1,200,000 people from
Armenia in the past 20 years also boosts the aging. Shall we believe
the Prime Minister or the State Statistics service? Taking into
account the official data published by Tigran Sargsyan, as well as
evaluations by independent experts on emigration, we can be sure
that the permanent population of the country does not exceed 2.5-2.6
million people, and the current population is over 2.3 million.
Consequently, the number of the permanent population of the country
in 2011 was exaggerated by 650-670 thousand. And this is the figure
to be referred to in the parliamentary elections.
Not all the citizens on the voters' register vote?
Usually, 63-65% of the permanent population of the country has the
right to vote, and only 50% votes. Since work migration season has
started, and the election of 2012 will be held when hundreds of
thousands of people will be away, if more than 600 thousand people
vote, at least 700,000 votes will have been rigged in favor of the
government of bandits and oligarchs.
Do you think this mechanism of fraud is effective?
This mechanism was tried out in Hrazdan in the mayoral elections when
thousands of people, under the burden of election bribes, voted for
their election falsifiers instead of their relatives and friends who
are absent from the country. Not only the European officials but also
the U.S. Ambassador to Armenia believed the transparency and openness
of those elections.
So, had Mark twain seen this voters' register, he would have said that
there are four types of lies, the worst being the Armenian elections.
Arman Galoyan
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/interview25663.html
Published: 15:08:04 - 02/04/2012
Interview with Movses Aristakesyan, economist, member of the Armenian
National Congress, member of the social and political initiative
"Power of people",
According to the recent census, the population of Armenia decreased
while the number of voters increased in the voters' register. Would
you please comment on this fact as an expert who worked in the National
Statistics Service?
Those who are in power have learnt by heart the quote by the famous
American writer and thinker Mark Twain: "There are three kinds of
lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." Those who steal the votes
used the population census of 2011 to this end. Breaking the law, they
counted soldiers twice - first in the areas where they are registered,
second in the military units where they serve. In order to ensure
their victory, they also counted people who live outside the country.
According to the acting legislation, people who have been absent from
the country for more than six months should not be counted during the
census, while those who registered the citizens were instructed to
fill in data on people out of the country with a pencil. So, in the
result of this fraud the actual population of the country was said to
be 2,871,000, while the registered number of the population was said
to be 3,285,000 compared with 3 million people and 3,458,000 in 2001
respectively. In other words, it was stated that 173 thousand people
have left the country. This is a lie, a damned lie, even worse.
Do you think more people have left Armenia?
When rigging the data on the population, the falsifiers forget about
the official statements of their Prime Minister. In this regard, they
need to remember his worries relating to the demographic state of
the country which he voiced on December 4, 2011 during the economic
seminar of the Republican Party. According to him, we have an aging
population one of the reasons of which is the dropping birth rate.
According to Tigran Sargsyan, emigration of 1,200,000 people from
Armenia in the past 20 years also boosts the aging. Shall we believe
the Prime Minister or the State Statistics service? Taking into
account the official data published by Tigran Sargsyan, as well as
evaluations by independent experts on emigration, we can be sure
that the permanent population of the country does not exceed 2.5-2.6
million people, and the current population is over 2.3 million.
Consequently, the number of the permanent population of the country
in 2011 was exaggerated by 650-670 thousand. And this is the figure
to be referred to in the parliamentary elections.
Not all the citizens on the voters' register vote?
Usually, 63-65% of the permanent population of the country has the
right to vote, and only 50% votes. Since work migration season has
started, and the election of 2012 will be held when hundreds of
thousands of people will be away, if more than 600 thousand people
vote, at least 700,000 votes will have been rigged in favor of the
government of bandits and oligarchs.
Do you think this mechanism of fraud is effective?
This mechanism was tried out in Hrazdan in the mayoral elections when
thousands of people, under the burden of election bribes, voted for
their election falsifiers instead of their relatives and friends who
are absent from the country. Not only the European officials but also
the U.S. Ambassador to Armenia believed the transparency and openness
of those elections.
So, had Mark twain seen this voters' register, he would have said that
there are four types of lies, the worst being the Armenian elections.