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    SASUN MIKAELYAN ASSERTS THAT HIS BEING ELECTED 'WOULD'VE BEEN BETTER FOR SERZH SARGSYAN'

    epress.am
    02.17.2012

    Sasun Mikaelyan, Armenian National Congress member and losing candidate
    in this past Sunday's mayoral election in Hrazdan, won't be talking
    about the upcoming parliamentary elections at this time - he will speak
    about those elections at the end of April, said Mikaelyan himself as
    he began his press conference in Yerevan today, promising to speak
    about and respond to questions only about the Hrazdan elections.

    Mikaelyan also explained why he is not preparing to protest the
    election results.

    "Where should I appeal? I'm supposed to appeal to the administrative
    court, which didn't approve even my proxy Vahe Hovsepyan's application,
    [because] it had to have [the required] stamps. Who should I appeal
    to when the entire state was against me? We won, [but] they appointed
    Aram [Danielyan] as mayor," he said.

    The speaker thanked all those 11,500 Hrazdan residents who voted in
    his favor - not because they voted for him, but because they voted
    based on their choice and didn't succumb to pressure.

    "Representatives of the entire state system fought against me - led by
    [Armenian President] Serzh Sargsyan. To protest would've been to put
    on a show. They couldn't have beat me with money. I don't understand
    what means they used. My nephew, who's a city employee, was called and
    asked whether he was participating in his uncle's election campaign.

    Aram and Kaval made the republic into their own property. They had
    to show that Sasun doesn't have any votes in Hrazdan. Whoever said
    hi to me was threatened and taken aside and questioned," he said.

    "I'm Serzh Sargsyan's army comrade - it doesn't change with anything.

    [My being elected] would've been better for Serzh Sargsyan - he
    would've been relieved of two bribe-takers," he added.

    Asked why he hasn't congratulated incumbent mayor Aram Danielyan,
    Mikaelyan said he would've congratulated the winning candidate but
    considering the extent of electoral fraud that took place at the
    Hrazdan elections, to congratulate Danielyan would mean justifying
    and supporting electoral fraud.


    From: Baghdasarian
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