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PROSHYAN ELECTS NEW LEADER AFTER SHOOTING DEATH OF FORMER HEAD
[ Part 2.2: "Attached Text" ]
http://www.armenianow.com/news/47672/proshyan_village_elections
POLITICS | 15.07.13 | 15:47
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By Gohar Abrahamyan
ArmeniaNow reporter
Republican Party of Armenia candidate Artur Muradyan (1,317 votes)
won against his main opponent Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF)
Dashnaktsutsyun candidate Vova Sahakyan (1,241 votes) in the Sunday
local government election in Proshyan village.
In the village, six kilometers from Yerevan and population of 4,600,
the need for snap ballot came forth after the April 2 incident in
which 50-year-old Dashnak village head Hrach Muradyan was shot dead
in the courtyard of the village administration.
The winning candidate, who had earlier lost to Hrach Muradyan, has
assessed the voting process as "active, but peaceful".
"People have asked me to run in this election. I had fought in the
past [the previous elections] and had succeeded. People have always
supported me. True I lost then, but only with tiny difference [in
votes], " Artur Muradyan says.
ARF member Artur Yeghiazaryan told ArmeniaNow that despite the
peaceful flow of the voting, void of any incidents, there were talks
that outside the polls people were threatened, bribed, etc.
"The figures did not add up in the end, too. In general, I do not
believe passions are going to subside, because the issue has not yet
been resolved, Hrach's murder has not been solved," says Yeghiazaryan,
adding that their candidate will most probably protest the Sunday
ballot results.
Political analyst Yervand Bozoyan says Proshyan residents might boycott
the results for a while, but soon will calm down: there won't be any
major standoff.
"Elections in Armenia are commonly followed by protests, however
they never yield any results. There should be a powerful oppositional
field to restrain the authorities and prevent such actions," he says.
From: Baghdasarian
[ Part 2.2: "Attached Text" ]
http://www.armenianow.com/news/47672/proshyan_village_elections
POLITICS | 15.07.13 | 15:47
Photolure
By Gohar Abrahamyan
ArmeniaNow reporter
Republican Party of Armenia candidate Artur Muradyan (1,317 votes)
won against his main opponent Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF)
Dashnaktsutsyun candidate Vova Sahakyan (1,241 votes) in the Sunday
local government election in Proshyan village.
In the village, six kilometers from Yerevan and population of 4,600,
the need for snap ballot came forth after the April 2 incident in
which 50-year-old Dashnak village head Hrach Muradyan was shot dead
in the courtyard of the village administration.
The winning candidate, who had earlier lost to Hrach Muradyan, has
assessed the voting process as "active, but peaceful".
"People have asked me to run in this election. I had fought in the
past [the previous elections] and had succeeded. People have always
supported me. True I lost then, but only with tiny difference [in
votes], " Artur Muradyan says.
ARF member Artur Yeghiazaryan told ArmeniaNow that despite the
peaceful flow of the voting, void of any incidents, there were talks
that outside the polls people were threatened, bribed, etc.
"The figures did not add up in the end, too. In general, I do not
believe passions are going to subside, because the issue has not yet
been resolved, Hrach's murder has not been solved," says Yeghiazaryan,
adding that their candidate will most probably protest the Sunday
ballot results.
Political analyst Yervand Bozoyan says Proshyan residents might boycott
the results for a while, but soon will calm down: there won't be any
major standoff.
"Elections in Armenia are commonly followed by protests, however
they never yield any results. There should be a powerful oppositional
field to restrain the authorities and prevent such actions," he says.
From: Baghdasarian