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ARMENIA'S THREE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES DEMAND PUBLICIZING LISTS OF THOSE ABSENT FROM COUNTRY
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January 28, 2013 | 14:13
YEREVAN. - Armenian presidential contenders-opposition Freedom
Party Chairman, former PM-Hrant Bagratyan-opposition National
Self-Determination Union Chairman-Paruyr Hayrikyan, and-opposition
Heritage Party Chairman, former FM-Raffi Hovannisian released a
statement and presented their shared concerns with respect to the
forthcoming election.
"Sadly, we have not yet been able to create the Armenia where
the rule of law, the universal democratic standards, and national
values prevail. This situation requires us to come up with several
initiatives:
We find it necessary [for the authorities] to publicize the lists
of the citizens [of Armenia] that are absent from the republic, of
those-[and] in violation of Armenia's Constitution-that are deprived
of the opportunity to exercise their right to vote, so as to rule out
the incidents of voting in lieu of the citizens that are absent from
the country.
All candidates must assume a responsibility to exclude the use of
their administrative resource. The mode of action of mongering fear
and of terrorizing the citizens that are working in the state system
must be ruled out.
At the same time, we consider it our duty to inform about our
conviction that it is possible to change the current situation in our
Motherland solely by way of consistent work and active struggle. So,
we call upon all citizens of Armenia to participate in the presidential
election to be conducted on February 18," Bagratyan's, Hayrikyan's,
and Hovannisian's joint statement specifically reads.
From: A. Papazian
news.am
January 28, 2013 | 14:13
YEREVAN. - Armenian presidential contenders-opposition Freedom
Party Chairman, former PM-Hrant Bagratyan-opposition National
Self-Determination Union Chairman-Paruyr Hayrikyan, and-opposition
Heritage Party Chairman, former FM-Raffi Hovannisian released a
statement and presented their shared concerns with respect to the
forthcoming election.
"Sadly, we have not yet been able to create the Armenia where
the rule of law, the universal democratic standards, and national
values prevail. This situation requires us to come up with several
initiatives:
We find it necessary [for the authorities] to publicize the lists
of the citizens [of Armenia] that are absent from the republic, of
those-[and] in violation of Armenia's Constitution-that are deprived
of the opportunity to exercise their right to vote, so as to rule out
the incidents of voting in lieu of the citizens that are absent from
the country.
All candidates must assume a responsibility to exclude the use of
their administrative resource. The mode of action of mongering fear
and of terrorizing the citizens that are working in the state system
must be ruled out.
At the same time, we consider it our duty to inform about our
conviction that it is possible to change the current situation in our
Motherland solely by way of consistent work and active struggle. So,
we call upon all citizens of Armenia to participate in the presidential
election to be conducted on February 18," Bagratyan's, Hayrikyan's,
and Hovannisian's joint statement specifically reads.
From: A. Papazian