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They convinced poor Serj Tankian that `they are slaughtering us here'
- Yerevan State Institute of Theater and Cinema rector
March 02, 2013 | 13:03
YEREVAN. - What I see now was predictable prior to Armenia's
presidential election on February 18, Yerevan State Institute of
Theater and Cinema (YSITC) Rector Armen Mazmanyan stated during a
press conference on Saturday.
He noted that this is conditioned on the fact that two candidates
appeared prior to the vote and stated that the election will be
rigged, and thus a backdrop was set so that there will be something to
play with afterwards.
In Mazmanyan's words, there also is an apparent attempt at
depreciating the phenomenon of elections in the country.
`It became clear that there is no difference between the electing the
president and electing a town hall chief [in the country],' the YSITC
rector said.
Mazmanyan also noted that there were numerous opposition
representatives in the electoral commissions, expressed bewilderment
that the opposition speaks about election fraud only now, and asked,
if this was the case, why the opposition representatives signed under
the protocols of these commissions.
In his words, the opposition was unable to unite, based on their own
ambitions they did not agree on a single oppositional candidate, and
thus they remained decoupled, snatched votes from one another, and a
depression started among the people, whereas serving President Serzh
Sargsyan objectively had the votes he needed.
`They convinced that poor Serj Tankian [the world-renowned Armenian
musician and lead vocalist of the acclaimed rock band, System of a
Down], from far away, that, `Pick up your sword, [and] come; they are
slaughtering us here!' Do you consider this to be a noble political
technology?' Mazmanyan asked?
He also noted that the very same oppositional forces in Armenia wanted
neither a fair election nor for opposition Heritage Party Chairman
Raffi Hovannisian - who is declared runner-up to the winner, incumbent
President Serzh Sargsyan, as a result of the presidential election on
February 18, but who claims to be the real winner in the vote - to be
elected. And if they truly wanted this, they should have joined
Hovannisian before the vote, and not now.
Armen Mazmanyan stressed that if the opposition wants a change in
power, it should commence this from the lower echelons: prefectures,
city councils, etc.
- See more at: http://news.am/eng/news/142728.html#sthash.r94IXZGu.dpuf
- Yerevan State Institute of Theater and Cinema rector
March 02, 2013 | 13:03
YEREVAN. - What I see now was predictable prior to Armenia's
presidential election on February 18, Yerevan State Institute of
Theater and Cinema (YSITC) Rector Armen Mazmanyan stated during a
press conference on Saturday.
He noted that this is conditioned on the fact that two candidates
appeared prior to the vote and stated that the election will be
rigged, and thus a backdrop was set so that there will be something to
play with afterwards.
In Mazmanyan's words, there also is an apparent attempt at
depreciating the phenomenon of elections in the country.
`It became clear that there is no difference between the electing the
president and electing a town hall chief [in the country],' the YSITC
rector said.
Mazmanyan also noted that there were numerous opposition
representatives in the electoral commissions, expressed bewilderment
that the opposition speaks about election fraud only now, and asked,
if this was the case, why the opposition representatives signed under
the protocols of these commissions.
In his words, the opposition was unable to unite, based on their own
ambitions they did not agree on a single oppositional candidate, and
thus they remained decoupled, snatched votes from one another, and a
depression started among the people, whereas serving President Serzh
Sargsyan objectively had the votes he needed.
`They convinced that poor Serj Tankian [the world-renowned Armenian
musician and lead vocalist of the acclaimed rock band, System of a
Down], from far away, that, `Pick up your sword, [and] come; they are
slaughtering us here!' Do you consider this to be a noble political
technology?' Mazmanyan asked?
He also noted that the very same oppositional forces in Armenia wanted
neither a fair election nor for opposition Heritage Party Chairman
Raffi Hovannisian - who is declared runner-up to the winner, incumbent
President Serzh Sargsyan, as a result of the presidential election on
February 18, but who claims to be the real winner in the vote - to be
elected. And if they truly wanted this, they should have joined
Hovannisian before the vote, and not now.
Armen Mazmanyan stressed that if the opposition wants a change in
power, it should commence this from the lower echelons: prefectures,
city councils, etc.
- See more at: http://news.am/eng/news/142728.html#sthash.r94IXZGu.dpuf