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ANCA: AZERBAIJAN'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION A POORLY STAGE-MANAGED SPECTACLE
13:43 11.10.2013
Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) Executive Director
Aram Hamparian offered the following comment regarding yesterday's
presidential elections in Azerbaijan and the State Department's
assessment issued earlier today:
"The State Department says Azerbaijan's election 'fell short of
international standards,' while, in truth, it didn't even come close."
"This wasn't an election at all, but rather a poorly stage-managed
spectacle, designed to provide some semblance of political cover for
an international community that, sadly, long ago chose to stand aside
as the Aliyevs consolidate their private ownership of Azerbaijan and
push their one-family rule into a second half-century."
"The citizens of Azerbaijan - and their neighbors in Armenia and
Artsakh - deserve better than a petro-monarchy that siphons off the
nation's wealth, abuses its own citizens, is driving the region toward
renewed war."
The complete State Department statement on the Azerbaijani Presidential
Elections is provided below.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2013/10/11/anca-azerbaijans-presidential-election-a-poorly-stage-managed-spectacle/
13:43 11.10.2013
Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) Executive Director
Aram Hamparian offered the following comment regarding yesterday's
presidential elections in Azerbaijan and the State Department's
assessment issued earlier today:
"The State Department says Azerbaijan's election 'fell short of
international standards,' while, in truth, it didn't even come close."
"This wasn't an election at all, but rather a poorly stage-managed
spectacle, designed to provide some semblance of political cover for
an international community that, sadly, long ago chose to stand aside
as the Aliyevs consolidate their private ownership of Azerbaijan and
push their one-family rule into a second half-century."
"The citizens of Azerbaijan - and their neighbors in Armenia and
Artsakh - deserve better than a petro-monarchy that siphons off the
nation's wealth, abuses its own citizens, is driving the region toward
renewed war."
The complete State Department statement on the Azerbaijani Presidential
Elections is provided below.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2013/10/11/anca-azerbaijans-presidential-election-a-poorly-stage-managed-spectacle/