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  • Helsinki Committee Prez - "Just A Ballot, Not An Election"

    HELSINKI COMMITTEE PREZ - "JUST A BALLOT, NOT AN ELECTION"
    Sona Avagyan

    http://hetq.am/eng/news/22822/helsinki-committee-prez---just-a-ballot-not-an-election.html
    14:42, January 30, 2013

    Helsinki Committee President Avetik Ishkhanyan told reporters today
    in Yerevan that what will be taking place on February 18 will merely
    be a ballot procedure and not an election.

    In other words, voters will be casting their ballots in a meaningless
    process.

    Ishkhanyan said that while he respected the candidates running against
    the incumbent Sargsyan, none had the human or financial resources to
    staff the election precincts with an adequate number of monitors.

    He likened the situation in Armenia as differing both from democratic
    countries and dictatorial ones.

    The fact that what will take place on February 18 is purely a ballot,
    not a true election, reminds one of the situation in authoritarian
    regimes. On the other hand, in authoritarian countries, any possibility
    of freedom of speech and assembly is ruled out, which isn't the case
    in Armenia.

    Ishkhanyan placed a part of the blame on the fact that political
    parties in Armenia haven't fully developed and that the private
    business sector is also not totally free.




    From: A. Papazian
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