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    U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT'S SERIOUS ACCUSATION
    JAMES HAKOBYAN

    13:30 20/02/2013
    Story from Lragir.am News:
    http://www.lragir.am/index.php/eng/0/comments/view/29002

    Regarding the Armenian presidential election the spokesman for the
    U.S. State Department stated that the United States agrees with the
    OSCE/ODIHR evaluation. She also highlighted unequal opportunities
    for contestants, namely blurred distinction between the activities
    of the state and the ruling party.

    Interestingly, the New York Times which noted this problem in an
    article on the Armenian presidential election states, "Initial reports
    suggested that Mr. Sargsyan's party had made some inappropriate use
    of government resources to promote his candidacy, a common criticism
    of incumbent candidates in former Soviet republics."

    This is a serious accusation which the Armenian society cannot
    understand fully. The Armenian society mainly focuses on the so-called
    physical expressions of electoral fraud whereas the deeper reason is
    that the ruling party, the RPA, has usurped the Armenian state.

    The RPA campaign headquarters actually serves as interim government
    in time of every national election. The RPA has replaced the state
    by itself. Physical expressions of electoral fraud can be different.

    There may be no need for fraud, and the voting may pass in heavenly
    peace with the ruling party's candidate campaigning for the
    opposition. It will depend on the circumstances.

    The question is who makes decisions. For example, when a case of fraud
    is reported to the law enforcement bodies or the court, the court does
    not pass but publishes a decision passed by the RPA. The same goes
    for any decision of any other public administration body. When it is
    crucial in terms of the system, the ruling party makes a decision
    which is communicated to the relevant public administration body
    for implementation.

    This is not a secret to anyone, and double voting or open voting or
    ballot stuffing or vote buying or duress is not the main problem.

    These are the metastases of the core problem. It is important to
    fight them but the struggle will be effective only if the source of
    trouble is clearly identified by the public.

    The presidential candidate Andrias Ghukasyan tried to draw the public's
    attention to this circumstance, announcing that the electoral process
    is organized by the RPA which has replaced the state by itself so in
    any development the process is illegal by itself.

    The public discussed everything but the issue put forth by the
    candidate on hunger strike.

    The U.S. State Department's evaluation is but an accusation of
    usurpation of power by the RPA which was spelled out diplomatically
    because it is already the problem of the Armenian society to outlaw
    and condemn the RPA.

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