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OPPOSITION LICENSED ELECTION FRAUD
Naira Hayrumyan
http://www.lragir.am/index.php/eng/0/country/view/28132
Country - Thursday, 22 November 2012, 12:34
After the failure of them motion to call an extraordinary parliamentary
session the Armenian opposition and the "alternative" made such a
noise about that as if Galust Sahakyan had dated them in parliament
but didn't arrive. Sahakyan had stated at the very beginning that
the Republican parliamentary group wouldn't attend the session. Why
are they angry now?
The opposition and the "alternative" claim that the RPA is against
the reform of the electoral system and is going to rig the upcoming
presidential elections.
Why should the ruling party need a reform of the current voting
system? Ahead of the parliamentary election in May they had fixed
and greased and tried out the machine and it is a pity to ruin it now.
Moreover, the opposition and the "alternative" did nothing during the
parliamentary elections in order to break it. On the contrary, they
recognized the election outcome without complaints. No one rejected
the parliamentary mandates. Moreover, the joint campaign headquarters
ensured the flawless work of the machine.
How come two months before the next election they suddenly stood up
to destroy the machine? How come the same opposition gave an approval
to use it by accepting the results of the parliamentary elections?
Why should the RPA want to ruin the machine if it is sure that the
opposition will not take up decisive steps and will recognize the
election return? The opposition and the "alternative" have already
proven that there will be no abrupt steps. The only thing they can
do is to shake their fists after the fight.
Participation in elections by an evidently flawed system means issuance
of a license for its conduct. Political forces which think there is
an election falsification machine in the country should undertake more
active steps to break it. This could be done by direct boycott of the
elections or a call for street protests, resignation from parliament
or many other actions allowed by the Constitution, by the way.
The lack of such methods means that the indignation of the opposition
and the "alternative" is just a means to make sure people will attend
their political actions in order to demand dividends after Serzh
Sargsyan's re-election. Do the opposition and the "alternative" on
behalf of Prosperous Armenia want to break the election machine or
are they satisfied with the crumbs from the master's table?
From: Baghdasarian
Naira Hayrumyan
http://www.lragir.am/index.php/eng/0/country/view/28132
Country - Thursday, 22 November 2012, 12:34
After the failure of them motion to call an extraordinary parliamentary
session the Armenian opposition and the "alternative" made such a
noise about that as if Galust Sahakyan had dated them in parliament
but didn't arrive. Sahakyan had stated at the very beginning that
the Republican parliamentary group wouldn't attend the session. Why
are they angry now?
The opposition and the "alternative" claim that the RPA is against
the reform of the electoral system and is going to rig the upcoming
presidential elections.
Why should the ruling party need a reform of the current voting
system? Ahead of the parliamentary election in May they had fixed
and greased and tried out the machine and it is a pity to ruin it now.
Moreover, the opposition and the "alternative" did nothing during the
parliamentary elections in order to break it. On the contrary, they
recognized the election outcome without complaints. No one rejected
the parliamentary mandates. Moreover, the joint campaign headquarters
ensured the flawless work of the machine.
How come two months before the next election they suddenly stood up
to destroy the machine? How come the same opposition gave an approval
to use it by accepting the results of the parliamentary elections?
Why should the RPA want to ruin the machine if it is sure that the
opposition will not take up decisive steps and will recognize the
election return? The opposition and the "alternative" have already
proven that there will be no abrupt steps. The only thing they can
do is to shake their fists after the fight.
Participation in elections by an evidently flawed system means issuance
of a license for its conduct. Political forces which think there is
an election falsification machine in the country should undertake more
active steps to break it. This could be done by direct boycott of the
elections or a call for street protests, resignation from parliament
or many other actions allowed by the Constitution, by the way.
The lack of such methods means that the indignation of the opposition
and the "alternative" is just a means to make sure people will attend
their political actions in order to demand dividends after Serzh
Sargsyan's re-election. Do the opposition and the "alternative" on
behalf of Prosperous Armenia want to break the election machine or
are they satisfied with the crumbs from the master's table?
From: Baghdasarian