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JUSTICE MINISTER SAYS HHK MOST INTERESTED IN FAIR ELECTIONS
Panorama.am
20:57 20/04/2007
"If elections happen to run not free and fair, the authorities will
be weak. You may have 90% of votes but you will be weak and you will
not feel public support," Davit Harutunyan, minister of justice and
member of the Armenian Republican Party (HHK), told reporters before
his interview with Shant TV.
Harutunyan believes the elections must be free and fair to have strong
authorities, which may act as a partner for both the people and the
international community. "HHK is a force that is most interested in
that," the minister said.
Speaking about international election mission, Harutunyan said,
"They came to assist us to have proper electoral process. Observers
are not political figures. They belong to different teams - right and
left, democrats and conservatives. So, we cannot say that observers
have one face. One is clear - all observers want to see free and fair
elections here."
"We must not perceive the observers as instructors, as was in the
past, when Moscow Central Committee instructors used to come and
give instruction and we had to perform their orders. Now we enter
into debate with observers, make our suggestions. After all, we are
a sovereign state," Harutunyan said.
Panorama.am
20:57 20/04/2007
"If elections happen to run not free and fair, the authorities will
be weak. You may have 90% of votes but you will be weak and you will
not feel public support," Davit Harutunyan, minister of justice and
member of the Armenian Republican Party (HHK), told reporters before
his interview with Shant TV.
Harutunyan believes the elections must be free and fair to have strong
authorities, which may act as a partner for both the people and the
international community. "HHK is a force that is most interested in
that," the minister said.
Speaking about international election mission, Harutunyan said,
"They came to assist us to have proper electoral process. Observers
are not political figures. They belong to different teams - right and
left, democrats and conservatives. So, we cannot say that observers
have one face. One is clear - all observers want to see free and fair
elections here."
"We must not perceive the observers as instructors, as was in the
past, when Moscow Central Committee instructors used to come and
give instruction and we had to perform their orders. Now we enter
into debate with observers, make our suggestions. After all, we are
a sovereign state," Harutunyan said.