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    ADVICE SO GREAT AND MARVELOUS TO INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS
    James Hakobyan

    Lragir
    Jan 18 2008
    Armenia

    The president of Armenia gave rather profound advice to the OSCE
    long-term observers whom he met January 22. Robert Kocharyan said
    he expects that before reporting a fact the observers will study
    it thoroughly. It is highly important. In fact, a bit of hastiness
    on behalf of the observers may damage the international reputation
    of Armenia and waste the money and efforts spent in 2007. It is
    even necessary to provide special glasses, microscopes, binoculars
    to observers to observe the election fiber by fiber, molecule by
    molecule, atom by atom. For instance, if the observers have observed
    and reported that before the start of the election campaign some
    young people visited homes of people and explained why people should
    vote for Serge Sargsyan, they hurried in vain. First they should have
    studied this fact thoroughly. It is possible that the young people who
    visited people's homes were not electioneering for Serge Sargsyan but
    wanted to say hello to the citizens of their native city. Is saying
    hello to the people of one's city a violation of the Constitution?

    Or the observers may have learned that at some places they gather the
    passports of people, copy the data, make mysterious lists, threaten
    to fire people if they fail to bring at least five or ten passports.

    If it is strange to a foreigner, it does not mean that he should label
    it as illegality. If they study thoroughly, they will find out that
    the government is holding a qualification stage for the contest of
    Miss and Mr. Passport 2008.

    Or the observers see on the day of voting some people with bags
    distribute money to voters. They will report immediately. Meanwhile,
    a thorough study will reveal that the person had borrowed money
    from his neighbor in the soviet years, and since he could not find
    him anywhere, he waited in front of the polling station, hoping that
    the neighbor would come to vote. Or the observers notice someone try
    to vote for multiple times, or at multiple polling stations. They
    will immediately report an illegality. Meanwhile, it is a mere burst
    of patriotism which affects separate citizens. A thorough analysis
    will show that at different polling stations they vote for different
    candidates to maintain the balance. Or maybe a person has sworn to
    vote in nine polling stations. Why to violate their religious beliefs
    and describe their action as a breach without finding out details? Or a
    thorough study may reveal that the people who vote at different polling
    stations are local observers or proxies of opposition candidates who
    vote at different polling stations disguised as voters to find out
    where they might encounter problems with fulfilling their civil duty.

    Therefore, the international observers need not hurry regarding
    anything, including their meals. They must study their food thoroughly
    otherwise the fishbone may get stuck in their throats and they will
    immediately report that in Armenia the activities of international
    observers were hindered with food. In the end, another expectation
    from the international observers. Do study the cases not only before
    reporting but also before not reporting them. In other words, do
    scrutinize legalities as well, for later major illegalities may
    be revealed. After all, you are in the birthplace of a millennial
    civilization which knows one thousand relatively honest means of
    election fraud.
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