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    ARMENIA ELECTION MARRED BY LACK OF COMPETITION - OBSERVERS

    Financial Mirror
    February 19, 2013 Tuesday

    Armenia's presidential election was an improvement on recent elections
    in the former Soviet republic but was not genuinely competitive,
    international observers said on Tuesday.

    Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for
    Security and Cooperation in Europe said Monday's election, in which
    President Serzh Sarksyan was re-elected, was peaceful and generally
    well conducted.

    "However, the limited field of candidates meant that the election was
    not genuinely competitive," they said in a written statement. "The
    candidates who did run were able to campaign in a free atmosphere and
    to present their views to voters, but the campaign overall failed to
    engage the public's interest." Several of Sarksyan's potential rivals
    decided not to run in the election because they feared the election
    would be skewed in the president's favour.

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