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RAFFI HOVHANNISIAN WON IN MANY CITIES - STATEMENT
TERT.AM
14:02 ~U 22.02.13
The opposition Heritage party considers the ballots cast in their
leader's favor the Armenian voters' the real choice in the recent
presidential elections
In a statement, expresses disagreement with the election outcomes
and calls for efforts to unite to promote real changes.
The full text of the statement is provided below:
In a statement, it calls for efforts to unite to realize what it
firmly thinks to be the people's true choice.
"On February 18, 2013, Armenia held Presidential elections. The next
day, the Central Election Commission announced the primary results,
which do not reflect the voters' will. According to the CEC, Raffi
Hovannisian received 37% of the votes, to Serzh Sargsyan's 58%. Even
according to CEC numbers, Serzh Sargsyan lost in most of urban polling
stations. His overall win seems to have been secured by some rural
areas that registered more than 90% voter turnout, of which 90%
of the votes were in favor of Serzh Sargsyan.
While there are dozens of examples, here are two illustrative ones. In
Abovyan, Serzh Sargsyan lost the vote in 21 precincts out of total
25, but recieved 1101 votes from just one polling station (while his
average for the other 24 polling stations is 231 votes) which seem
to have compensated for the loss from the other polling stations. In
Etchmiadzin, Serzh Sargsyan lost in 19 out of 22 polling stations,
but received more than 96% of the votes in neighboring Aygek village -
26 to 758 to his favor. It is inexplicable how a candidate registering
similar results in 90% of polling stations, suddenly receives several
times more in the remaining 10%.
These and similar results were achieved in no other means but
falsification of the voting lists and ballots in 10-20% of the polling
stations. This can be proved by disclosing the lists with voters'
signatures and ballots, something that could significantly impact the
election results and which would be sufficient grounds to invalidate
the election results. Appropriate legal steps are being taken to
that end.
While deeply regretting the mentioned 10-20% of polling stations where
the Heritage representatives underwent pressures and sometimes failed
to resist, we nonetheless honor and thank the vast majority of our
Precinct Electoral Commission members in more than 1,900 precincts
as well as the 800 proxies for the work they did. Many of them who
came to Hovannisian's campaign headquarters through the election
night or called to tell just one word, 'We won,' did their work. It
is because of their work that despite all the fraud and threats,
Raffi Hovannisian's victory was registered in many cities.
We thank the Armenian voters who rejected the calls for boycott and
overcame apathy, and displayed a true spirit of political activism
by refusing the incumbent regime, and electing Raffi Hovannisian as
the next President of Armenia. Raffi Hovannisian received more votes
than any other oppositional candidate in the last fifteen years. This
mandate puts the onus of unification onto the rest of the political
opposition to help secure the people's choice.
TERT.AM
14:02 ~U 22.02.13
The opposition Heritage party considers the ballots cast in their
leader's favor the Armenian voters' the real choice in the recent
presidential elections
In a statement, expresses disagreement with the election outcomes
and calls for efforts to unite to promote real changes.
The full text of the statement is provided below:
In a statement, it calls for efforts to unite to realize what it
firmly thinks to be the people's true choice.
"On February 18, 2013, Armenia held Presidential elections. The next
day, the Central Election Commission announced the primary results,
which do not reflect the voters' will. According to the CEC, Raffi
Hovannisian received 37% of the votes, to Serzh Sargsyan's 58%. Even
according to CEC numbers, Serzh Sargsyan lost in most of urban polling
stations. His overall win seems to have been secured by some rural
areas that registered more than 90% voter turnout, of which 90%
of the votes were in favor of Serzh Sargsyan.
While there are dozens of examples, here are two illustrative ones. In
Abovyan, Serzh Sargsyan lost the vote in 21 precincts out of total
25, but recieved 1101 votes from just one polling station (while his
average for the other 24 polling stations is 231 votes) which seem
to have compensated for the loss from the other polling stations. In
Etchmiadzin, Serzh Sargsyan lost in 19 out of 22 polling stations,
but received more than 96% of the votes in neighboring Aygek village -
26 to 758 to his favor. It is inexplicable how a candidate registering
similar results in 90% of polling stations, suddenly receives several
times more in the remaining 10%.
These and similar results were achieved in no other means but
falsification of the voting lists and ballots in 10-20% of the polling
stations. This can be proved by disclosing the lists with voters'
signatures and ballots, something that could significantly impact the
election results and which would be sufficient grounds to invalidate
the election results. Appropriate legal steps are being taken to
that end.
While deeply regretting the mentioned 10-20% of polling stations where
the Heritage representatives underwent pressures and sometimes failed
to resist, we nonetheless honor and thank the vast majority of our
Precinct Electoral Commission members in more than 1,900 precincts
as well as the 800 proxies for the work they did. Many of them who
came to Hovannisian's campaign headquarters through the election
night or called to tell just one word, 'We won,' did their work. It
is because of their work that despite all the fraud and threats,
Raffi Hovannisian's victory was registered in many cities.
We thank the Armenian voters who rejected the calls for boycott and
overcame apathy, and displayed a true spirit of political activism
by refusing the incumbent regime, and electing Raffi Hovannisian as
the next President of Armenia. Raffi Hovannisian received more votes
than any other oppositional candidate in the last fifteen years. This
mandate puts the onus of unification onto the rest of the political
opposition to help secure the people's choice.