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Opposition candidate slams elections in Yerevan district
tert.am
19:40 - 02.12.12
The parliamentary by-elections in Yerevan's Avan administrative
district are far from democratic, according to Stepan Safarayan, the
secretary general of the opposition Heritage party.
`I insist that the polls cannot be considered democratic, free and
fair as people are taken to the polling stations by force,' he told
reporters on Sunday.
Safaryan, who is Heritage's single seat candidate in the district,
said it is better not to hold presidential elections at all, if the
2013 polls are going to pursue the same pattern.
`Our members in the commissions do not actually have the right to
follow the process; with the inks evaporating [from passports], it is
impossible to clarify who votes instead of whom,' Safaryan complained.
The opposition candidate considered the attempts of election rigging
as signs of non-confidence. `I don't want to say of course that the
outcomes are predetermined for me, and I am completely sure that my
results will be satisfactory notwithstanding even these
irregularities,' he said
tert.am
19:40 - 02.12.12
The parliamentary by-elections in Yerevan's Avan administrative
district are far from democratic, according to Stepan Safarayan, the
secretary general of the opposition Heritage party.
`I insist that the polls cannot be considered democratic, free and
fair as people are taken to the polling stations by force,' he told
reporters on Sunday.
Safaryan, who is Heritage's single seat candidate in the district,
said it is better not to hold presidential elections at all, if the
2013 polls are going to pursue the same pattern.
`Our members in the commissions do not actually have the right to
follow the process; with the inks evaporating [from passports], it is
impossible to clarify who votes instead of whom,' Safaryan complained.
The opposition candidate considered the attempts of election rigging
as signs of non-confidence. `I don't want to say of course that the
outcomes are predetermined for me, and I am completely sure that my
results will be satisfactory notwithstanding even these
irregularities,' he said