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"THE PEOPLE HAVE CHOSEN RAFFI AS PRESIDENT AND WE MUST DEFEND THEIR CHOICE"
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14:28, February 19, 2013
On his Facebook page today, Vardan Gevorgyan accused Republican Party
election operatives at a Yerevan polling precinct of invalidating
ballots cast in favour of Raffi Hovannisian.
Gevorgyan was a member of the local election committee at the 1/4
polling precinct in Avan.
He says that the Republican Party operatives were thrown into a tizzy
during the vote count because Hovannisian was beating Sargsyan by a
wide margin.
"I was there all day and the voting went without a hitch. It was
evident on the faces of the voters that Hovannisian was winning. I
got ready for an eventful night."
That's when they started to invalidate the ballots cast for
Hovannisian.
Gevorgyan says he fought tooth and nail to preserve the opposition
candidate's votes and that the committee chairman was only able to
invalidate 80 or so ballots.
He says that had he been able to save those as well Raffi Hovannisian
would have beat Serzh Sargsyan by 475 to 418 as opposed to the official
count showing Sargsyan beating Hovannisian by 418 to 395.
Gevorgyan says he has always respected Hovannisian as an individual
but hasn't supported him as a politician.
"Nevertheless, citizens of Armenia have elected Raffi as their
president. Both you and I must safeguard this choice of the people,"
concludes Gevorgyan.
http://hetq.am/eng/news/23557/the-people-have-chosen-raffi-as-president-and-we-must-defend-their-choice.html
14:28, February 19, 2013
On his Facebook page today, Vardan Gevorgyan accused Republican Party
election operatives at a Yerevan polling precinct of invalidating
ballots cast in favour of Raffi Hovannisian.
Gevorgyan was a member of the local election committee at the 1/4
polling precinct in Avan.
He says that the Republican Party operatives were thrown into a tizzy
during the vote count because Hovannisian was beating Sargsyan by a
wide margin.
"I was there all day and the voting went without a hitch. It was
evident on the faces of the voters that Hovannisian was winning. I
got ready for an eventful night."
That's when they started to invalidate the ballots cast for
Hovannisian.
Gevorgyan says he fought tooth and nail to preserve the opposition
candidate's votes and that the committee chairman was only able to
invalidate 80 or so ballots.
He says that had he been able to save those as well Raffi Hovannisian
would have beat Serzh Sargsyan by 475 to 418 as opposed to the official
count showing Sargsyan beating Hovannisian by 418 to 395.
Gevorgyan says he has always respected Hovannisian as an individual
but hasn't supported him as a politician.
"Nevertheless, citizens of Armenia have elected Raffi as their
president. Both you and I must safeguard this choice of the people,"
concludes Gevorgyan.