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ARMENIA'S RULING PARTY "DEFEATED" THE OPPOSITION, ELECTIONS, PEOPLE ALIKE - OPPOSITION MP
news.am
February 13, 2012 | 12:58
YEREVAN. - The losers in the elections must have a political will to
congratulate the winning nominee, the ruling coalition's Republican
Party of Armenia (RPA) MP Karen Avagyan stated, during a press
conference on Monday, reflecting on Sunday's mayoral elections in
Hrazdan city.
In his words, these elections demonstrated that all political parties,
which supported Sasun Mikayelyan, were unable to achieve victory,
even by taking advantage of the privileges which the new Electoral
Code had endowed.
In his turn, the press conference's other speaker, opposition Heritage
Party Parliamentary Faction leader Stepan Safaryan responded by noting
that in reality RPA "defeated" the opposition, the elections, and the
people alike, since the mechanism of election bribe was put into use.
As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, as a result of the mayoral
elections held Sunday in Armenia's Hrazdan City, Aram Danielyan-the
incumbent Mayor and RPA member-defeated Sasun Mikayelyan-the former
MP and Mayor, and opposition Armenian National Congress member.
According to final results of the elections, Danielyan received 13,079
votes, and Mikayelyan gathered 11,506 votes.
All through the day, Sasun Mikayelyan's campaign headquarters was
informing about cases of voting fraud and election bribes, whereas
Aram Danielyan's headquarters was refuting this information.
The voter turnout was at 57.86 percent.
Sasun Mikayelyan's campaign headquarters announced that it will not
appeal the election results.
news.am
February 13, 2012 | 12:58
YEREVAN. - The losers in the elections must have a political will to
congratulate the winning nominee, the ruling coalition's Republican
Party of Armenia (RPA) MP Karen Avagyan stated, during a press
conference on Monday, reflecting on Sunday's mayoral elections in
Hrazdan city.
In his words, these elections demonstrated that all political parties,
which supported Sasun Mikayelyan, were unable to achieve victory,
even by taking advantage of the privileges which the new Electoral
Code had endowed.
In his turn, the press conference's other speaker, opposition Heritage
Party Parliamentary Faction leader Stepan Safaryan responded by noting
that in reality RPA "defeated" the opposition, the elections, and the
people alike, since the mechanism of election bribe was put into use.
As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, as a result of the mayoral
elections held Sunday in Armenia's Hrazdan City, Aram Danielyan-the
incumbent Mayor and RPA member-defeated Sasun Mikayelyan-the former
MP and Mayor, and opposition Armenian National Congress member.
According to final results of the elections, Danielyan received 13,079
votes, and Mikayelyan gathered 11,506 votes.
All through the day, Sasun Mikayelyan's campaign headquarters was
informing about cases of voting fraud and election bribes, whereas
Aram Danielyan's headquarters was refuting this information.
The voter turnout was at 57.86 percent.
Sasun Mikayelyan's campaign headquarters announced that it will not
appeal the election results.