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DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER: INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING OSCE, SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THEIR ASSESSMENT OF ELECTIONS IN ARMENIA
Trend, Azerbaijan
Feb 22 2013
Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 22 / Trend, I. Izzet /
International organizations, including the OSCE, that stated that
elections in Armenia were held in accordance with international
standards, should be ashamed. This was stated by Deputy Prime Minister,
Chairman of the State Committee for Refugees and IDPs Ali Hasanov
at an event at the Turkish Embassy in Azerbaijan, commemorating the
Khojaly genocide, held on Friday.
"They have been deceiving us for 20 years. What kind of statement is
this: "Nothing happened! The elections went well"? "Is that really
true?" Hasanov said.
The Committee Chairman reminded that according to the CEC of Armenia,
there are allegedly 2.5 million voters in the country.
"Throughout the world, the number of people entitled to vote
constitutes 50-54 per cent of the total population. In that case,
Armenia has 2.5 million voters? OSCE is busy making good-sounding
statements. The U.S. State Department has also supported the
statement," Hasanov said.
Presidential elections were held in Armenia on Feb.18. Incumbent
President Serzh Sargsyan won the presidential elections with 58.64
per cent of the vote. The First Foreign Minister of Armenia Raffi
Hovannisian ranked second winning 36.75 per cent, while former Prime
Minister Hrant Bagratyan ranked third after receiving 2.15 per cent
of the vote.
Trend, Azerbaijan
Feb 22 2013
Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 22 / Trend, I. Izzet /
International organizations, including the OSCE, that stated that
elections in Armenia were held in accordance with international
standards, should be ashamed. This was stated by Deputy Prime Minister,
Chairman of the State Committee for Refugees and IDPs Ali Hasanov
at an event at the Turkish Embassy in Azerbaijan, commemorating the
Khojaly genocide, held on Friday.
"They have been deceiving us for 20 years. What kind of statement is
this: "Nothing happened! The elections went well"? "Is that really
true?" Hasanov said.
The Committee Chairman reminded that according to the CEC of Armenia,
there are allegedly 2.5 million voters in the country.
"Throughout the world, the number of people entitled to vote
constitutes 50-54 per cent of the total population. In that case,
Armenia has 2.5 million voters? OSCE is busy making good-sounding
statements. The U.S. State Department has also supported the
statement," Hasanov said.
Presidential elections were held in Armenia on Feb.18. Incumbent
President Serzh Sargsyan won the presidential elections with 58.64
per cent of the vote. The First Foreign Minister of Armenia Raffi
Hovannisian ranked second winning 36.75 per cent, while former Prime
Minister Hrant Bagratyan ranked third after receiving 2.15 per cent
of the vote.