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PAP DENOUNCES VOTE BUYING, PLEDGES TO TAKE ANTI-FRAUD MEASURES AHEAD OF MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS
POLITICS | 16.04.13 | 14:58
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By GOHAR ABRAHAMYAN
ArmeniaNow reporter
The Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) press secretary gives assurances
that during the May 5 municipal ballot his party will do everything
possible to minimize election fraud, and is urging those witnessing
cases of vote buying to turn either to party representatives or the
police.
During his Tuesday meeting with the press, PAP spokesman Tigran
Urikhanyan said that the party has started preparatory works prior to
the Yerevan city council elections and that together with other
parties they are discussing cooperation possibilities to ensure
quality elections.
"Unfortunately it is impossible to eliminate all the shortcomings, but
we will try to at least minimize them, and that requires human
resources, who would be engaged in cleaning up the voter lists before
the election day, keeping a close watch on those, forcing respective
state bodies to make them as perfect as possible," said Urikhanyan,
adding that on the voting day PAP will install surveillance cameras at
every polling station.
He said that the faction's list for the city council has changed by 90
percent and that to PAP this ballot is a chance to assume
responsibility.
Urikhanyan laughed at the speculation that PAP is giving away
elections bribes. He suggested that should anyone witness such a
thing, they report either personally to him or the police.
Meanwhile, in the Avan district of Yerevan, where current mayor and
head of the Republican Party list Taron Margaryan lives, PAP offered a
free charity bus (to run from Avan to downtown and back), but Avan
residents declined it with anger and made them remove the bus saying
that prior to the elections they do not need such "charity" aiming at
"buying" them. They added that they do not complain of their public
transportation network, while the offered bus is old.
Earlier, the ruling Republican Party of Armenia released a statement
saying that for the sake of "proper organization and implementation"
of the municipal electoral processes in Yerevan, the party condemns
all kinds of illegal activities, including electoral bribes.
POLITICS | 16.04.13 | 14:58
Photolure
By GOHAR ABRAHAMYAN
ArmeniaNow reporter
The Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) press secretary gives assurances
that during the May 5 municipal ballot his party will do everything
possible to minimize election fraud, and is urging those witnessing
cases of vote buying to turn either to party representatives or the
police.
During his Tuesday meeting with the press, PAP spokesman Tigran
Urikhanyan said that the party has started preparatory works prior to
the Yerevan city council elections and that together with other
parties they are discussing cooperation possibilities to ensure
quality elections.
"Unfortunately it is impossible to eliminate all the shortcomings, but
we will try to at least minimize them, and that requires human
resources, who would be engaged in cleaning up the voter lists before
the election day, keeping a close watch on those, forcing respective
state bodies to make them as perfect as possible," said Urikhanyan,
adding that on the voting day PAP will install surveillance cameras at
every polling station.
He said that the faction's list for the city council has changed by 90
percent and that to PAP this ballot is a chance to assume
responsibility.
Urikhanyan laughed at the speculation that PAP is giving away
elections bribes. He suggested that should anyone witness such a
thing, they report either personally to him or the police.
Meanwhile, in the Avan district of Yerevan, where current mayor and
head of the Republican Party list Taron Margaryan lives, PAP offered a
free charity bus (to run from Avan to downtown and back), but Avan
residents declined it with anger and made them remove the bus saying
that prior to the elections they do not need such "charity" aiming at
"buying" them. They added that they do not complain of their public
transportation network, while the offered bus is old.
Earlier, the ruling Republican Party of Armenia released a statement
saying that for the sake of "proper organization and implementation"
of the municipal electoral processes in Yerevan, the party condemns
all kinds of illegal activities, including electoral bribes.