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ASHOT MANUCHARYAN: ARMENIA MUST STOP HAVING ITS ELECTIONS OBSERVED BY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
ARMINFO
Tuesday, January 29, 15:12
If Armenia wants better elections, it must stop having them observed
by international organizations - for as a rule their findings do
not reflect the real picture, the national security advisor of the
first President of Armenia, member of the Karabakh Committee Ashot
Manucharyan told journalists on Tuesday.
He believes that elections in Armenia are a fiction. "Their results are
predetermined by the great powers, who later use them as a compromising
stuff for blackmailing the country," Manucharyan said.
He is sure that each of the candidates represents some external force.
"This time those forces are planning a calm election in Armenia, so,
there will hardly be a run-off, but after the election, they will
impose serious changes. Oligarchs and real politicians will start
fighting for power, but this will hardly end in new Mar 2008 events,"
Manucharyan said.
5 international and 10 local organizations will observe the Feb
18 presidential election in Armenia: the OSCE/ODIHR will have 250
observers, the CIS 170, PACE 22.
ARMINFO
Tuesday, January 29, 15:12
If Armenia wants better elections, it must stop having them observed
by international organizations - for as a rule their findings do
not reflect the real picture, the national security advisor of the
first President of Armenia, member of the Karabakh Committee Ashot
Manucharyan told journalists on Tuesday.
He believes that elections in Armenia are a fiction. "Their results are
predetermined by the great powers, who later use them as a compromising
stuff for blackmailing the country," Manucharyan said.
He is sure that each of the candidates represents some external force.
"This time those forces are planning a calm election in Armenia, so,
there will hardly be a run-off, but after the election, they will
impose serious changes. Oligarchs and real politicians will start
fighting for power, but this will hardly end in new Mar 2008 events,"
Manucharyan said.
5 international and 10 local organizations will observe the Feb
18 presidential election in Armenia: the OSCE/ODIHR will have 250
observers, the CIS 170, PACE 22.