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Local elections: Voters face threats in Armenian village
13:58 * 18.10.14
Threats of open voting have taken aback the residents of Nerkin
Getashen (Gegharkunik region) which is electing a mayor tomorrow.
The campaign is between two contenders, incumbent Karo Gevorgyan
(Republican Party), and Spartak Gorantsyan (non-partisan).
The latter complains that his Republican rival, who is running for a
fourth term, calls voters to his office to threaten an open voting.
"All the elections are conducted that way. I decided to field my
candidacy, as I see everything has reached its peak," the candidate
told Tert.am.
Gorantsyan said he knows that the incumbent distributed always
distribited election bribes before, adding that he this time too, he
will resort to the ill-practice.
But the Republican candidate, whom we later contacted for comments,
dismissed all the reports and complaints. "There isn't absolutely any
need for that, and there has never been. That person, as a contender,
has a personal problem; he wishes to seize the 4-hectare community's
lands where we want to build a nursery-school. He filed a lawsuit,
saying that if we don't give him [the land lots] he would nominate
himself to discredit us. And that's what he is doing now. He doesn't
think about being elected now; he's just trying to play with my
reputation," Gevorgyan said, ruling out any tensions in the village.
Armenian News - Tert.am
13:58 * 18.10.14
Threats of open voting have taken aback the residents of Nerkin
Getashen (Gegharkunik region) which is electing a mayor tomorrow.
The campaign is between two contenders, incumbent Karo Gevorgyan
(Republican Party), and Spartak Gorantsyan (non-partisan).
The latter complains that his Republican rival, who is running for a
fourth term, calls voters to his office to threaten an open voting.
"All the elections are conducted that way. I decided to field my
candidacy, as I see everything has reached its peak," the candidate
told Tert.am.
Gorantsyan said he knows that the incumbent distributed always
distribited election bribes before, adding that he this time too, he
will resort to the ill-practice.
But the Republican candidate, whom we later contacted for comments,
dismissed all the reports and complaints. "There isn't absolutely any
need for that, and there has never been. That person, as a contender,
has a personal problem; he wishes to seize the 4-hectare community's
lands where we want to build a nursery-school. He filed a lawsuit,
saying that if we don't give him [the land lots] he would nominate
himself to discredit us. And that's what he is doing now. He doesn't
think about being elected now; he's just trying to play with my
reputation," Gevorgyan said, ruling out any tensions in the village.
Armenian News - Tert.am