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ARMENIA'S MAJORITY ELECTION SYSTEM IS ANTIDEMOCRATIC - OPPOSITION MP
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February 15, 2012 | 11:50
YEREVAN. - The majority election system functioning in Armenia is
antidemocratic, opposition ARF Dashnaktsutyun Party MP Armen Rustamyan
stated during the National Assembly (NA) hearings devoted to changing
to a 100-percent proportional election system in the country.
He added that in all of independent's Armenia's parliaments the
majority election system had obstructed the expression of the will
of the people, as the opposition forces, for whom the people voted,
had a very small representation in NA.
As per Rustamyan, the majority election system has always served
for the reproduction of the authorities, and the ousting of the
opposition. ARF MP proposed to at least be honest and to auction off
the majority election seats.
The other keynote speaker, opposition Heritage Party's Deputy Chairman
Ruben Hakobyan, noted it is not a secret that the main voting fraud
is committed in the majority election system. "There is a simple
business deal between the authorities and the candidates who enter NA
through the majority [election]. The authorities turn a blind eye to
the falsifications and violations, and the MP elected by the majority
[election] brings votes for the authorities," Hakobyan maintained,
and added that more than half of the 41 MP's who were elected by the
majority election have not come to NA in months.
From: A. Papazian
news.am
February 15, 2012 | 11:50
YEREVAN. - The majority election system functioning in Armenia is
antidemocratic, opposition ARF Dashnaktsutyun Party MP Armen Rustamyan
stated during the National Assembly (NA) hearings devoted to changing
to a 100-percent proportional election system in the country.
He added that in all of independent's Armenia's parliaments the
majority election system had obstructed the expression of the will
of the people, as the opposition forces, for whom the people voted,
had a very small representation in NA.
As per Rustamyan, the majority election system has always served
for the reproduction of the authorities, and the ousting of the
opposition. ARF MP proposed to at least be honest and to auction off
the majority election seats.
The other keynote speaker, opposition Heritage Party's Deputy Chairman
Ruben Hakobyan, noted it is not a secret that the main voting fraud
is committed in the majority election system. "There is a simple
business deal between the authorities and the candidates who enter NA
through the majority [election]. The authorities turn a blind eye to
the falsifications and violations, and the MP elected by the majority
[election] brings votes for the authorities," Hakobyan maintained,
and added that more than half of the 41 MP's who were elected by the
majority election have not come to NA in months.
From: A. Papazian