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HRAYR KARAPETIAN ENTERS RACE WITH 'TWENTY YEARS IN POLITICS' SLOGAN
Yerkir
04.04.2007 15:08
YEREVAN (YERKIR) - Hrayr Karapetian, the leader of the Armenian
Revolutionary Federation faction in National Assembly, told a news
conference today that he is entering the parliamentary race with a
slogan "Twenty years in politics."
"All the forces that until now were training, should now show what
they can do for the Armenian people to get orientated and elect the
force that will be leading it for the next five years.
We have a historic chance to conduct fair election that will be
different from all previous ones. There are all prerequisites for that,
and if international bodies conclude that the election was not fair,
Armenia will find itself in a very tough position in the Artsakh
isse and the Millennium Challenge Account because this program
will be implemented only if free and fair election is conducted,"
Karapetian said. "The party interests should not be put above the
national interests."
He said that the ARF will do everything to ensure democratic election.
"Everybody says this, even those who are engaged in using illegal
methods, and who from the very beginning distort the idea of fair
elections," he said.
He was asked if it is true that the ARF is taking passports from
people, and for example, a family in Davtashen district of Yerevan
has been paid $200 to vote for the party.
"It is a lie," Karapetian said. "People do not understand that no
matter how much money they are paid, they still can vote for whomever
they want, no one can control the voting."
He also spoke of the negative things happening in constituency 4 where
he is running under the single-mandate system. "I am not against
signing a memorandum of understating between the candidates. From
day one I have said that I will fight those negative things. I have
facts that passports were taken from people. My method is campaigning,
I have no other methods."
He also warned against election fraud saying that tougher punishment
is envisaged in the Criminal Code for riggers.
Yerkir
04.04.2007 15:08
YEREVAN (YERKIR) - Hrayr Karapetian, the leader of the Armenian
Revolutionary Federation faction in National Assembly, told a news
conference today that he is entering the parliamentary race with a
slogan "Twenty years in politics."
"All the forces that until now were training, should now show what
they can do for the Armenian people to get orientated and elect the
force that will be leading it for the next five years.
We have a historic chance to conduct fair election that will be
different from all previous ones. There are all prerequisites for that,
and if international bodies conclude that the election was not fair,
Armenia will find itself in a very tough position in the Artsakh
isse and the Millennium Challenge Account because this program
will be implemented only if free and fair election is conducted,"
Karapetian said. "The party interests should not be put above the
national interests."
He said that the ARF will do everything to ensure democratic election.
"Everybody says this, even those who are engaged in using illegal
methods, and who from the very beginning distort the idea of fair
elections," he said.
He was asked if it is true that the ARF is taking passports from
people, and for example, a family in Davtashen district of Yerevan
has been paid $200 to vote for the party.
"It is a lie," Karapetian said. "People do not understand that no
matter how much money they are paid, they still can vote for whomever
they want, no one can control the voting."
He also spoke of the negative things happening in constituency 4 where
he is running under the single-mandate system. "I am not against
signing a memorandum of understating between the candidates. From
day one I have said that I will fight those negative things. I have
facts that passports were taken from people. My method is campaigning,
I have no other methods."
He also warned against election fraud saying that tougher punishment
is envisaged in the Criminal Code for riggers.